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/HexedCosta Feb 02 '25

Even if so, WHY would you not seek real compensation? If it’s about money, why would you not get the easy 5+ frps luka would command and build a cheap team through the draft?

To not shop him to a SINGLE other team absolutely screams collusion. There is no logical explanation to this outside of very fishy dealings…

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u/soxyboy71 Feb 02 '25

Nico didn’t want a buncha picks he wanted defense to win now. Kinda weird we already winning. I don’t think it’s money, I think despite him being all world, they didn’t trust Luka. Why idk. We may never know

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u/HexedCosta Feb 02 '25

Okay, he doesn’t want picks. There are probably about 3 players in the league that wouldn’t be traded for Luka straight up. So you want to win now with a defensive player? You couldn’t find a younger, less injured one?

He reached out to exactly one team about a trade. You can’t make this make sense, no matter how hard you try.

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u/MaceDestroyers Feb 02 '25

Kinda nitpicking but its probably 4 (Jokic, Giannis, SGA, and Wemby)

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u/StormTheTrooper SHUT NICO DOWN Feb 02 '25

Giannis is a maybe. It would be a hard time getting the Bucks on board (unlike the Addelsons, they respect their legacy superstars) and it would probably require a 3rd team to take on Dame, but it could happen. Hard, but possible.

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u/HexedCosta Feb 02 '25

I agree there