Muy said:

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Spaceship said:

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Nico Harrison told The News that he and Lakers counterpart Rob Pelinka began having "basketball" conversations more than a month ago.

“Then all of a sudden we’re like, ‘Would you ever do this?’

‘Nah, you’re joking, right?’

‘Hmm. Interesting. Maybe I would.’ https://t.co/2gPtgNqLNf

— Brad Townsend (@townbrad) February 2, 2025

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If that's how the Mavs GM makes strategic decisions, wow

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shack009 said:

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Guitarsoup said:

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Zachary Klement said:

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rsf0626 said:

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Nico must have inklings that Luka wasnt going to re-sign here. This is the only thing that makes sense at the moment

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Kind of wild to think he would just walk away from a 5-year $345 million super-max deal.

Honestly, I think Nico was just being a complete dumbass here...the return makes no sense. They should have gotten way more for Luka.

This feels like a type of deal in fantasy football that one of your buddies texts you about and you are so shocked they'd even propose the idea that you have to try and act like you aren't too excited so they will actually propose it in the app.

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I don't think Luka would have walked away, though. I think he would have signed it and just kept half assing his conditioning like he has been. There isn't really a history of European stars forcing their way out like there is with American stars (Kawhi, AD, Durant, Harden, etc)

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Yeah, Luka wasn't at risk of leaving in free agency. He'd have been leaving $100 million on the table.

I'm probably coping, but the Mavs were absolutely going to be stuck in a cycle of Luka being perpetually overweight and unhealthy while also always wanting to play in Euro tournaments. Luka loves representing Slovenia and he was never going to be a guy who would take a summer off to recover. He also wasn't going to be a guy who took conditioning or reshaping his body seriously. He may do that now with a new "f you" mentality, but there was no inkling of that changing while he was here.

ETA: He still was a top 3 player with the conditioning and injury issues, so I'm not just ****ting on him. But let's also not act like we hadn't been talking about his weight and his on court antics before the finals run. The finals run made a lot of talking points go away, but we kinda got a glimpse of his capped ceiling against teams that can switch and will make him defend.

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shack009 said:

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Guitarsoup said:

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Zachary Klement said:

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rsf0626 said:

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Nico must have inklings that Luka wasnt going to re-sign here. This is the only thing that makes sense at the moment

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Kind of wild to think he would just walk away from a 5-year $345 million super-max deal.

Honestly, I think Nico was just being a complete dumbass here...the return makes no sense. They should have gotten way more for Luka.

This feels like a type of deal in fantasy football that one of your buddies texts you about and you are so shocked they'd even propose the idea that you have to try and act like you aren't too excited so they will actually propose it in the app.

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I don't think Luka would have walked away, though. I think he would have signed it and just kept half assing his conditioning like he has been. There isn't really a history of European stars forcing their way out like there is with American stars (Kawhi, AD, Durant, Harden, etc)

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Yeah, Luka wasn't at risk of leaving in free agency. He'd have been leaving $100 million on the table.

I'm probably coping, but the Mavs were absolutely going to be stuck in a cycle of Luka being perpetually overweight and unhealthy while also always wanting to play in Euro tournaments. Luka loves representing Slovenia and he was never going to be a guy who would take a summer off to recover. He also wasn't going to be a guy who took conditioning or reshaping his body seriously. He may do that now with a new "f you" mentality, but there was no inkling of that changing while he was here.

ETA: He still was a top 3 player with the conditioning and injury issues, so I'm not just ****ting on him. But let's also not act like we hadn't been talking about his weight and his on court antics before the finals run. The finals run made a lot of talking points go away, but we kinda got a glimpse of his capped ceiling against teams that can switch and will make him defend.

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DannyDuberstein said:

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shack009 said:

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Guitarsoup said:

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Zachary Klement said:

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rsf0626 said:

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Nico must have inklings that Luka wasnt going to re-sign here. This is the only thing that makes sense at the moment

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Kind of wild to think he would just walk away from a 5-year $345 million super-max deal.

Honestly, I think Nico was just being a complete dumbass here...the return makes no sense. They should have gotten way more for Luka.

This feels like a type of deal in fantasy football that one of your buddies texts you about and you are so shocked they'd even propose the idea that you have to try and act like you aren't too excited so they will actually propose it in the app.

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I don't think Luka would have walked away, though. I think he would have signed it and just kept half assing his conditioning like he has been. There isn't really a history of European stars forcing their way out like there is with American stars (Kawhi, AD, Durant, Harden, etc)

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Yeah, Luka wasn't at risk of leaving in free agency. He'd have been leaving $100 million on the table.

I'm probably coping, but the Mavs were absolutely going to be stuck in a cycle of Luka being perpetually overweight and unhealthy while also always wanting to play in Euro tournaments. Luka loves representing Slovenia and he was never going to be a guy who would take a summer off to recover. He also wasn't going to be a guy who took conditioning or reshaping his body seriously. He may do that now with a new "f you" mentality, but there was no inkling of that changing while he was here.

ETA: He still was a top 3 player with the conditioning and injury issues, so I'm not just ****ting on him. But let's also not act like we hadn't been talking about his weight and his on court antics before the finals run. The finals run made a lot of talking points go away, but we kinda got a glimpse of his capped ceiling against teams that can switch and will make him defend.

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The problem with this logic is they traded him for aging big that doesn't stay on the floor either

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shack009 said:

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PatAg said:

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shack009 said:

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Guitarsoup said:

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Zachary Klement said:

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rsf0626 said:

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Nico must have inklings that Luka wasnt going to re-sign here. This is the only thing that makes sense at the moment

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Kind of wild to think he would just walk away from a 5-year $345 million super-max deal.

Honestly, I think Nico was just being a complete dumbass here...the return makes no sense. They should have gotten way more for Luka.

This feels like a type of deal in fantasy football that one of your buddies texts you about and you are so shocked they'd even propose the idea that you have to try and act like you aren't too excited so they will actually propose it in the app.

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I don't think Luka would have walked away, though. I think he would have signed it and just kept half assing his conditioning like he has been. There isn't really a history of European stars forcing their way out like there is with American stars (Kawhi, AD, Durant, Harden, etc)

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Yeah, Luka wasn't at risk of leaving in free agency. He'd have been leaving $100 million on the table.

I'm probably coping, but the Mavs were absolutely going to be stuck in a cycle of Luka being perpetually overweight and unhealthy while also always wanting to play in Euro tournaments. Luka loves representing Slovenia and he was never going to be a guy who would take a summer off to recover. He also wasn't going to be a guy who took conditioning or reshaping his body seriously. He may do that now with a new "f you" mentality, but there was no inkling of that changing while he was here.

ETA: He still was a top 3 player with the conditioning and injury issues, so I'm not just ****ting on him. But let's also not act like we hadn't been talking about his weight and his on court antics before the finals run. The finals run made a lot of talking points go away, but we kinda got a glimpse of his capped ceiling against teams that can switch and will make him defend.

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Its really weird to watch a "fan" immediately back the dog**** organization. I expect it from a reporter like MacMahaon, his livelihood is dependent on it. But a fan? gtfo

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I've been a fan of the mavericks my whole life. Why wouldn't I try to rationalize what my favorite team did?

I'm also aware you were completely blind to Luka's deficiencies and were making excuses for him last year when he was clearly fat and not locked in near enough, especially defensively.

I don't like the deal. But I'm a Mavs fan, so I'm going to keep watching the Mavs and hoping for good things for the Mavs.

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PatAg said:

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shack009 said:

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PatAg said:

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shack009 said:

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Guitarsoup said:

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Zachary Klement said:

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rsf0626 said:

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Nico must have inklings that Luka wasnt going to re-sign here. This is the only thing that makes sense at the moment

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Kind of wild to think he would just walk away from a 5-year $345 million super-max deal.

Honestly, I think Nico was just being a complete dumbass here...the return makes no sense. They should have gotten way more for Luka.

This feels like a type of deal in fantasy football that one of your buddies texts you about and you are so shocked they'd even propose the idea that you have to try and act like you aren't too excited so they will actually propose it in the app.

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I don't think Luka would have walked away, though. I think he would have signed it and just kept half assing his conditioning like he has been. There isn't really a history of European stars forcing their way out like there is with American stars (Kawhi, AD, Durant, Harden, etc)

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Yeah, Luka wasn't at risk of leaving in free agency. He'd have been leaving $100 million on the table.

I'm probably coping, but the Mavs were absolutely going to be stuck in a cycle of Luka being perpetually overweight and unhealthy while also always wanting to play in Euro tournaments. Luka loves representing Slovenia and he was never going to be a guy who would take a summer off to recover. He also wasn't going to be a guy who took conditioning or reshaping his body seriously. He may do that now with a new "f you" mentality, but there was no inkling of that changing while he was here.

ETA: He still was a top 3 player with the conditioning and injury issues, so I'm not just ****ting on him. But let's also not act like we hadn't been talking about his weight and his on court antics before the finals run. The finals run made a lot of talking points go away, but we kinda got a glimpse of his capped ceiling against teams that can switch and will make him defend.

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Its really weird to watch a "fan" immediately back the dog**** organization. I expect it from a reporter like MacMahaon, his livelihood is dependent on it. But a fan? gtfo

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I've been a fan of the mavericks my whole life. Why wouldn't I try to rationalize what my favorite team did?

I'm also aware you were completely blind to Luka's deficiencies and were making excuses for him last year when he was clearly fat and not locked in near enough, especially defensively.

I don't like the deal. But I'm a Mavs fan, so I'm going to keep watching the Mavs and hoping for good things for the Mavs.

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fake fan

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Spaceship said:

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Infection_Ag11 said:

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There's scuttlebutt on Twitter about Luka being at risk of failing his physical. Apparently one other team was approached about it and said no after looking through the prelim medical stuff.

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Wouldn't a failed physically nullify the trade?

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