HALLELUKA: Luka Clinches All-NBA 1st team. 4th in 5 years

[F Gump]

With this Luka news, MBT are finally on the clock.  I'd expect Luka to start asking to be traded in the '24-25 season if we don't get our act together.

There's every reason to think Luka will stay here AT LEAST long enough to sign his 3rd contract here - the financial incentives are too massive to think he would do otherwise. As that one winds down, however ...

But while he's here, that doesn't mean he's going to be patient with an inept front office that gets outperformed by all the competition, when it comes to roster-building to put talent around him. As we see with how he reacts to the refs, once he think he's not getting a fair shake, he's not likely to be quiet and suffer in silence.

I think if Cuban doesn't hire TOP front office talent and get out of the way, Luka will eventually make him look really bad. The sooner the better, as far as the impact on Cuban's reputation and the possibility of keeping Luka to the end of his career.

One other thing that should be a factor (although I don't trust Cuban to recognize it until it's too late) -- Luka talks like he won't play 20 years. So even if he never leaves, there's another clock that's ticking down, and faster than we would prefer.