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Actually scratch the latter part. New York Times reporting that Mavs did contact one other team about this earlier. Most GMs had no idea, but someone did. So they may have targeted Giannis first.

If that would be the case then you would leak "Luka might be available" and get the best offer, right? Either there is some political agenda here or they said "AD+Kyrie > Luka+Kyrie" and actually targeted AD which sounds dumb (why not target someone like Giannis then and try to get him first?).

Even the 3rd worst team lands in top 5 67% of the times, and their "pick floor" of 7 is highly unlikely at 7%. It requires all three 14% teams to miss out on the lottery. The most likely pick for them is 6th though, but again they are in the "50/50" range to win in the lottery and are also very...

What? If the team with the worst record gets their lottery balls drawn then 2nd worst team will replace them as the 5th pick. Its 52% (top 4), 28% (5th) and 20% (6th).... so only 1 out of 5 times they fall to that 6th spot which is their ultimate floor.

One of the best tweets about this subject: View: https://x.com/innoutburger_/status/1885929413034082685

Cap space / roster spot.

Another question: Does this actually make the Lakers contenders in any window? Right now their team has Luka + Lebron core and their defense will be ***. They are almost dead on assets so how do thet actually retool around Luka? I kinda get why Mavs couldnt push for much more from Pelinka but...

One discussion in Reddit kinda struck my eye. They are saying that this is political and personal, and targeted at Mark Cuban by the new owner obliging to Trump/Musk who Cuban has criticized in the past. Sounds wild but I'm out of logical reasonings at this point.

Getting quotes on this trade would be hilarious but also inhumane to expect anyone to go through them all.

Ok this combined with taking JHS definitely feels like an investment in the tank and not much else. Also I'm kinda thinking DA sees additional value in sabotaging OKC by helping the Clippers.

This trade would sound stupid even if it was a random twitter fan spitballing stuff. I mean "future health concerns" my ***.... Mavs were in the Finals in 2024!! Even if Luka retires by the age 30 you get a longer window with him than with AD. Or the "oh, scary OKC is already better and Spurs...

This is pretty much exactly my thoughts. I believe in Keyonte long term more than I believe in Collier, but culture benefits more if coach favors those who work/play hard and Collier beats Key there hands down. For player development I generally dislike early entitlement but I also dislike lack...

I think #2 makes sense only if the GM has like X year plan which he follows religiously. DA doesnt seem to be that type and I think in general you need to be able to adapt any plan based on major events like winning the lottery.

I dont like when people think they can predict future accurately. Bottom line is if you win the lottery and believe he is the guy then you MUST start thinking "build up". Its not like the guy walks into the facility and the FO says "yeah 5 years from now he will be good enough to win" and then...

Dont be a tool. I'm only looking at player trades, and my regret was that I chose "Yes" instead of "Yes (multiple trades)"

I like this trade. We needed consolidation, and this is not a trade aiming to draft someone in 2031. Its clearly a trade that aims to ensure that we have premium assets to trade away in the future. Besides, we cant fit many more rookie contracts into the books anyways, unless we want to risk...

I voted for Yes and immediately regretted it. Damn whoever set it so that you cant change. 2024 deadline DA traded away KO, Ochai, Tech 2023 deadline DA traded away Conley, Vando, Beasley and NAW This year when we are even more tanky and less competitive so it feels obvious he will do what he...

This should be a no brainer. I'm kinda shocked how #2 and #3 got votes. I bet my arguments have already been stated, but since I missed few days worth of posts I'm not gonna go through every thread 100%. #2 is aboslutely terrible as an option as after you get "the guy", you need to start...

Listen. If there ever was a year Silver throws us a bone its the year when a white boy is projected #1.

Ugh. Having a hard time buying him as a future superstar prospect if he plays with blinders on.