Luka Dealt to Lakers: Nico Harrison is a Basketball Terrorist

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Yes of course. So we are to believe that the same person who insisted for everything to be done in complete silence and even reduced the price so that Lakers wouldn't talk to Luka actually scanned "half" of the league for the trade. How conviniently this comes out after all the complaints about how the deal (as explained by the actors themselves!) was made...

I don't think he scanned "half" the league, I think he prioritized Giannis or AD, was shut down (rightfully so) by Milwaukee and then accepted (rightfully so) by LA. 

No idea about the Minnesota thing - that's something new that is just being hinted at now. It could be like Cow said: they kicked the tires on Edwards without mentioning Luka, maybe? Either way, that would obviously be a terrible deal for both Milwaukee and Minnesota, as neither would have much hope of keeping Luka longterm, and in Milwaukee's case, they're very lucky Giannis has agreed to stay there as long as he has. They'd be insane to throw that away, even if they prefer Luka. 

Detractors of this trade will point out that Dallas was in a similar situation, and that's a valid point. But, despite not ever really being successful in FA before, the draw of DFW is nowhere near as hopeless as those other two teams. That's probably the craziest thing about this. For all the worrying we did a few years back regarding whether or not Luka would stay here longterm, it seems like his plan was to do exactly that, only the team had different ideas. Crazy, crazy times.