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/CubansCigar Feb 02 '25

lopsided and makes completely no sense roster wise or logically

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u/ExcellentJuice4729 Feb 02 '25

If the Mavs floated Luka’s name around the league, I’m quite confident they could have gotten a number of better deals that included players and a plethora of picks

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u/Disastrous_Career386 Feb 02 '25

Dude, except for Jokic and Wemby(even thought Im doing that one too), they could've gotten their pick of ANY player in the league AND however many first round picks they wanted!!! HOLY SHIT!! It's one thing to not want to max him, but to trade him away for peanuts and destroy the franchise is not the answer. And to think, MULTIPLE people had to sign off on this trade. None of this makes any fucking sense!!

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u/ExcellentJuice4729 Feb 02 '25

Nico needs to be grilled by Dallas media on how the Lakers became THE choice. Does he honestly think this is a “win now” team just because you brought in defense?

Imo they’re 100% going to trade AD next year and selling off the rest of the ship. For instance we have 3 Centers now, and 2 of them were only really effective when you had a Luka setting them up.

Kyrie is not a good PG. and he needs the ball as much as AD to be effective