Luka Dealt to Lakers: Nico Harrison is a Basketball Terrorist

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Not that it really matters since Luka isn't ours anymore, but I think LeBron will change the whole trajectory of Luka's career for the better. Luka may be the better player currently, but he's not top dog there and he will want to impress his idol LeBron. I really think we will see a brand new Luka next season that will scare the entire NBA and probably get Nico fired. That's just my opinion though. Nothing motives someone like a bad breakup.

Very posible. 

Also possible that Luka is annoyed to have to deal with someone having a bigger presence than his, annoyed at losing that record-breaking super max, annoyed at scads of fans who are not only not automatically going to worship at his feet, but will be applying comparisons to guys like Kobe, LeBron, Magic Johnson, etc. Playing in LA comes with different challenges. 

I think it's possible the rest of LeBron's career will seem like an annoyance Luka has to wait out, basically. I think Luka is very unlikely to want to learn anything from him. Could be wrong, but I think Luka is a dude who already thinks he's got everything figured out. It's part of why I can understand why Dallas wouldn't want to give him that Super Max.

Don't confuse what I'm saying - I fully expect Luka to go full killer mode and destroy the Mavericks for the next few years, but...

At the end of the day, I think his habits are ingrained and cultural, to a certain extent. I think Vlade Divac saw all this coming years ago. I think Luka's Dad is kind of a clown, and I don't think Luka will ever be the type to spend $1M per annum, as LeBron does, to compete with others in terms of how he maintains his body. I think by the end of his next contract, the talk of him being an all-time top 5-10 player will have ended, and it's possible he won't play a very long career. He has literally said he doesn't want to play 15-20 years like those type of guys do.