02-12-2025, 10:09 PM
(02-12-2025, 09:35 PM)Kidnova Wrote: All signs point to him being the primary instigator. I don't believe for a second that the new owner came in and in less than a year gave the order to give away their superstar and primary revenue producer. This has been building for a while and Nico is the main driver of this decision.
owner didn't give him the exact order of trading luka, of course. but the new owner didn't quite oppose the idea either. if Cuban still owned this team what he would've done to Nico if Nico traded luka away? Nico knows what his new boss wants, so he initiated and executed a deal that the thought would satisfy and please his boss, which it actually did. none of them gives a shit how the fans feel. the franchise might have lost some value due to the trade but basketball is a small business compared to gambling, after all, and all these "consequences" we see are just seen as collateral damages which are tolerable and necessary in the eyes of the gambling tycoons tbh.