What is YOUR consequence after Luka leaving?

[gomavs]

Option four - out as an NBA fan entirely - but if my gonzo theory is correct and the Mavs miss the playoffs (that's virtually assured - championship this year? ha!) *and* are gifted Cooper Flagg, I might end up drifting back. But of course if that happens, I will regard the NBA similarly to the WWE moving forward.

I voted Option one, but should have voted Option four.

This trade is so OBVIOUSLY lopsided, that you have to consider that Nico Harrison knew it.  And, if he knew it, why on earth would he proceed with it?  One of 2 reasons: either he knew Luka was leaving anyway and was trying to get anything he could, OR he was directed to do so by the head honchos in the NBA.

I have seen enough suspicious stuff to believe that the answer is #2.  Remember how we were cheated (and I DO mean CHEATED) out of a championship in 2006?  A similar thing happened to the Sacramento Kings a couple years before that.  When there are lopsided trades, who is on the winning end?  The Lakers or the Celtics.  The League knows where the money/viewership is.

I have been a Mavericks fan since DAY 1!!! I suffered through the 1990's, when they were overall the worst team in all of professional sports.  I felt the pain of Steve Nash's leaving.  Things were so bad in the 90s that one time I wore a bag over my head to a game.  I was in the bleachers to glory in the victory over the Lakers in the Mother's Day Massacre.

Yes, I have come to the conclusion that, although more subtle, the NBA is choreographed just like the WWE.  So, you can watch it for fun, but don't get emotionally involved because the puppetmasters can break your heart whenever they want.

If I want a basketball fix, I will wait for the NCAA season, or watch old reruns.

I am out.