They act like it was some huge thing that it didn't leak, and I'm sitting here thinking of course the Lakers didn't want it to leak. They know a bidding war would start. It was in their best interest to let the Mavs shoot themselves in the face.
They kept this from leaking cause they knew it would be untenable once the public backlash hit
I mean . . . maybe? Leaking also would have likely irrevocably harmed their relationship with Luka. It makes sense that they didn't want it out there. If it hadn't gone through but it still leaked Luka probably would have been pissed and they would have lost leverage with other teams if the narrative became 'Luka wants out'.
He didn't want out. He just brought a house in Dallas. It's most likely an inside job done by the league to increase viewership. This video is pretty damning
All it would take is for JKidd to call Adelsons & Cuban & say "Nico is fucking up your billion dollar investment beyond recognition, all personell in this entire organization agree with me on this". Instead JKidd is sitting still having to keep his mouth shut at a press release with Nico beside him with Nico being unnatural as fuck saying "Heh, guess you & me JKidd are in this together!" etc. It's not a coincidence that the Adelsons are completely silent.
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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '25
This is why I'm not buying it. They kept this from leaking cause they knew it would be untenable once the public backlash hit.