Luka Dealt to Lakers: Nico Harrison is a Basketball Terrorist

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To be honest, I'm in flux with my viewpoint on all this changing, morphing by the day. 
I've had to distinguish between "organizations" and "teams."  Organizations care about cha-ching, the greenbacks rolling in, whether from parking, a pint of Guiness sold or ticket packages, while teams focus on winning.
Initially, Cuban blurred the difference, buying the team as a fan, but he's turned into a minority shareholder shouting at "rowdy" fans, telling them to "sit the f*** down and shut the f*** up."  Meet Mark Adelson.
My position on this has morphed into "rewarding loyalty with loyalty."  Since Luka's intention was to be a Mavs "lifer," my response is to be a Luka "lifer."  Just as I've watched every Mavs game since Nellie flew to Wurzburg to drink beer with Dirk's dad, I'll watch every Luka game whether his dad is in the stands or not. 
One more thing:  Luka doesn't owe me 21 or 22 years of NBA ball.  If he wants to take the Barry Sanders route, retiring early with his family on a farm in Slovenia, before his body is crippled with arthritis, more power to him and his. 

wab

Nailed it. I've thought long and hard about it. I'm following Luka to LA. I live just north of San Francisco anyway. I get all of the LA games. I left Dallas 15 years ago and stayed a Mavs fan due to Dirk. Once Dirk retired it was Luka. Now there is nothing tying me to the Mavs anymore with him gone. I tried to get on board with it after the trade but I just can't. I would rather watch Luka faults and all.

I had really started to like Kyrie too. But, after finding that article of him coming out right after the trade confirming exactly what I was thinking I can't get on board with that. 

If Luka wants to retire at 30 so be it. I'm going to enjoy watching him in the meantime. My big mistake in all of this was thinking that there must be something about Luka that we didn't know. (Outside of the conditioning and diet stuff) Little did I know Kyrie wanted his buddy squad.

I hope Luka goes scorched earth on the NBA. You guys are awesome. Just know that if come on here to chat it's because of all of you. It will have nothing to do with the Mavs Organization.