02-09-2025, 08:57 PM
(02-09-2025, 08:46 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: It is when you understand that for them, the goal was to get AD. That's all this was about. Not giving Luka the super max, and getting the very best win now player they could get. They decided that player was AD, and while it wouldn't have been my goal, I can't really identify a better win now player that they could've targeted. If forced to target a player, who would you have chosen?
Obviously, nobody on that short list of 5-7 superstars would've been given for Luka. Too much shakeup and uncertainty for anyone with a player on that list. So, the best you're going to do is the next tier. AD is pretty close to the top of that list, maybe the top guy on it, and they had a relationship with him already.
Not saying I agree with it, but Harrison's goal was to get AD, and so that's the team he dealt with.
There is no best win now with AD. He doesn’t move the needle for this team. The best win now between Luka and AD with the rest of this roster is still Luka. Long term maybe Luka flames out soon but we know a 32 year old AD definitely is not the long term answer so either way it makes very little sense.
So if this was all about just not wanting to sign Luka to the supermax, as I said see if the Lakers give you Bron or just keep Luka with this current roster. This was the best roster he had played with and even if you want to let him go soon he would have given the team the best chance to win right now.