02-02-2025, 12:05 PM
(02-02-2025, 12:00 PM)hakeemfaan Wrote: People who are looking at this deal as something that will help then Mavs this year and next are missing the essence of what it means to be a fan. If Luka had come out and demanded a trade a fan’s interest for the team would have taken precedence over a player. When the player though has not demanded a trade, is a generational alpha who is 25, and we start to hear more and more how the GM didn’t do his due diligence to play multiple teams off one another to get the best long term haul, then there is no excuse. No rationalization. The Mavs can even win a title with AD the next two years and fat hurt Luka might be out of the league in 3. It still won’t make this trade a good one. You have to get the best long term haul when you make a move like this and that didn’t happen here
For all those defending Nico, I will again ask the same question. Take Boston, Lakers, Heat, Utah, Knicks and put their GM in Nico’s place. Would they have made the deal Nico made yesterday? Absolutely not. Again this is not saying that Luka was untouchable. What folks are saying is that this is historically inept GMing. I would be feeling bad even if another team’s fan base had to go through this. It happened to us man. It happened to us.
You cooked here.
100%
I can’t believe it happened to us.
14x All-Star, 12x all-NBA, 1x MVP, 1x Finals MVP, 1 NBA Championship: Dirk Nowitzki, the man, the myth, the legend.