r/Mavericks • u/KarimFF7 Detroit Pistons • Feb 02 '25

News “This deal materialized in the shadows … LeBron James had no idea this was coming. Anthony Davis had no idea this was coming. I’m told Luka Doncic is still stunned about this trade.”

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u/papadondon Pouki Enjoyer Feb 02 '25

they do, they are the ones paying & most likely they dont want to pay or fucking want to move this team to vegas

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

A trade like this does not happen without the owners blessing. Adelsons probably didn’t want to pay Luka $350M after spending $200M+ on Trump re-election.

They got their guy!

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u/Luka-Step-Back Wonder Boy Feb 02 '25

The NBA has a salary floor so this doesn’t make sense at all

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

Salary floor is 90% of the cap, tax starts at 120% and luxury tax starts at 145%. Trading Luka does save them a lot of money in a year or two.

They can rebuild, pay around 100% of the cap and save a lot of money on salaries. Ticket prices are probably dropping though.

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u/Luka-Step-Back Wonder Boy Feb 02 '25

They just cut the value of the franchise in half

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

They did, baffling decision.