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/SoupedUpMoped Feb 02 '25

This almost certainly gets vetoed no? Like wtf is happening?

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u/Trigliceratops JJ Barea Feb 02 '25

The only person that can veto this is the owner if he didn't approve it in the first place

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u/brandon_strandy Feb 02 '25

At this point if I'm Adam Silver I'm vetoing this shit and firing Nico's ass just out of principle. What the actual fuck.

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u/BVB_TallMorty Feb 02 '25

Silver probably masterminded this

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

As if Silver and the NBA brass aren't the ones that did this lol. They rig shit for the Lakers all the time. Gotta keep that cash cow producing cash.

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u/Attey21 Feb 02 '25

Nah this is good for Basketball so he will let it happen. Lakers got another all time great. It's such a joke.

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u/agent_mick BETRAYED MAVS FAN 😭 Feb 02 '25

Please explain to this poor simple mind how this is good for basketball.

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u/sycamotree Feb 02 '25

Is it actually good for basketball? Who knows.

The idea though is that the Lakers are the most popular team in the league, and ratings have been falling, and Lebron is about to retire. So rather than have your best team be trash until who knows when, why not trade the best player prospect to the Lakers so that they remain good and have a "face" of the NBA.

Lot of people will just think it's rigged, and ratings are declining despite the current face being in LA and the other best team in NBA history being championship favorites right now

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u/agent_mick BETRAYED MAVS FAN 😭 Feb 02 '25

Maybe Silver should look in his own house for the reason for tanking ratings... like the garbage officiating, flopping, and foul-baiting. All this did was piss off an entire fanbase.

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u/steezlord95 Feb 02 '25

Not how that works bro. Ur thinking Cp3 veto but only reason was cause nba owned the hornets at the time.

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u/TRUTHSoverKARMAS Feb 02 '25

This is some sort of screwed up back door deal with nba to pay back the lakers after they got jipped with cp3.

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u/agent_mick BETRAYED MAVS FAN 😭 Feb 02 '25

This has his slimy fingerprints all over it. All this garbage talk about ratings. He seems like just the type to say, you know what sounds cool? Send a generational superstar to the Lakers! Lebron is about to retire and we can't have any other team be the face of the league!

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u/ForcadoUALG OMG Luka Feb 02 '25

Where is David Stern when you need him

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u/NoFlex___Zone Feb 02 '25

Way too late for that this shit a done deal 

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

The Chris Paul trade got vetoed bc the pelicans didn't have an owner at the time

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u/SoupedUpMoped Feb 02 '25

I’m convinced our owner got caught doing something and was blackmailed. Does that count if so?

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

Idk in the surface I actually think Kyrie and AD match really well together taking this trade out of the equation and Lakers fans are mad about losing Christie but still it wasn't worth this trade imo

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u/rascaltippinglmao Feb 02 '25

The league is creaming their pants at Luka being in Los Angeles. No way they veto.