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

[SleepingHero]

The name of this thread Luka is nowhere close to leaving the Mavs is the farthest thing from the truth. They mortgaged the future for Kyrie, and if he walks along with Wood,  I don't see a clear path going forward to get better the next two seasons and if that happens Luka won't be here.

It's 2 weeks old but it's a quote from Jake Fischer after the Kyrie trade. Fischer definitely has his sources, although I will say I use to not believe him.

I don't see the doomsday scenario that you're seeing. Kyrie wants his 4-5 year max. Literally the only team that can offer that is Dallas. Lakers would have to sign and trade either Lebron, AD, or 3 guys on their roster (and then they're stuck with merry minimums).

PHX has to trade 2 of CP3, Ayton, Booker, or KD to avoid hard cap issues. 

Any other team is tanking. If Wood walks, that's an asset wasted, but I'm not losing sleep over losing Wood.


Edit: I will say though, the only out-of-nowhere tanking team that could have a shot is Houston, if the Harden to Houston rumors are to be believed. That long embrace after the PHI win between Kyrie and Harden stood out to me. I hope it's nothing though.