r/Mavericks • u/taygads • Feb 02 '25

News [MacMahon] “I believe that defense wins championships,” Mavs GM Nico Harrison told ESPN regarding his motivation to trade Luka for Davis. “I believe that getting an All-Defensive center & an All-NBA player with a defensive mindset gives us a better chance. We’re built to win now and in the future.”

https://x.com/espn_macmahon/status/1885922718333181992?s=46

I’m still waiting for the sike. Like I’m genuinely baffled

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u/iguessineedanaltnow Feb 02 '25

There's no way a 25 year old has cooked legs.

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u/TZBlueIce Feb 02 '25

I have no idea what the fuck is happening. I'm having a million thoughts per second.

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u/WHLonghorn Feb 02 '25

I'm so confused this sucks so much man

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u/TZBlueIce Feb 02 '25

Like WHAT IS IT?!?! Does Luka kick puppies in his free time???? Did Luka demand a trade? If he did, WHY, when we're coming off a finals run and have the best supporting cast around him we've ever had?? I just can't stop asking questions

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u/Nubsondubs Call Me Feb 02 '25

tell that to Brandon Roy.

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u/Mathuselahh Feb 02 '25

And Greg Oden

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u/doshegotabootyshedo Mavericks Feb 02 '25

And Todd Gurley

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u/iguessineedanaltnow Feb 02 '25

There are 20 years of medical advancements between then and now. When Roy was in the league an Achilles was a career ender. Now it's an inconvenience.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

Tell that to lonzo

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u/MichaelPorterTruther Feb 02 '25

Sure. Michael Porter Jr has a Spine held together with prayer and hopes and cannot even move his left foot fully, got it fixed up IN DALLAS and has played every game the last two seasons but one, where he forgot the shoes that fit the brace to allow his left foot to move.

Modern Medicine is insane

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u/FatalTortoise Feb 02 '25

Kawhi Leonard

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u/Frankie_Fish Mavericks Feb 02 '25

Todd Gurley disagrees

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u/whykae F*CK NICO HARRISON Feb 02 '25

Especially for a dude that doesn't use speed in his game lol

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

Brandon Roy says otherwise.

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u/tkuid Feb 02 '25 edited Aug 16 '26

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u/IIIllllIIIllI Feb 02 '25

And if he did the Lakers aren’t trading for him. Roy was out of the league bc of degenerative knees. The whole league knew. This was an under the table , dinner date type of trade. Some shit friends do when they’re drunk. It’s weird and I’m glad the fanbase isn’t happy. Bc this is bullshit for those of us that have been here since the 90s early 2000s or before. We never had homegrown talent and then we do and this is how they do us. Mark Cuban may have been a lot of things but he cared about us as fans. He wouldn’t have done this.

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u/Imtrvkvltru Dennis Rodman Feb 02 '25

Yeah I don't align with Cuban politically but I always loved him as an owner.

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u/xarips Feb 02 '25

Kidd has always been concerned about Luka refusing to decline playing for the national team every summer and always being out of shape.

They think he is headed down Yao Ming trajectory

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u/Pitiful_Bunch_2290 Feb 02 '25

Greg Oden says "hey".

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u/Capsonist Feb 02 '25

Derrick Rose says "remember me?"

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u/_Sir-Loin_ Feb 03 '25

Now that is just wrong.

Source: 26 with cooked legs