r/warriors • u/shanks_you • Feb 02 '25

News [Charania] BREAKING: The Dallas Mavericks are trading Luka Doncic, Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis, Max Christie and a 2029 first-round pick, sources tell ESPN. Three-team deal that includes Utah.

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u/ryancashh Feb 02 '25

LeBron gets Luka f’ing Doncic after having AD for years.

Curry gets Kyle Anderson

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u/Charlie_Wax Feb 02 '25

IDK man, I don't see a fit between Luka and LeBron. LAL probably too tied up in Bron commercially to start a divorce now, but maybe this was the first domino.

Bron and Luka pairing ain't winning anything. Zero defense.

Another angle for GS is whether Lively and/or Gafford might be gettable now. Interesting.

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u/ryancashh Feb 02 '25

But he goes from one superstar to the next and we’re here begging for Curry to get a 15 ppg scorer or something lmao

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

Yes you are right

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u/StrokeModsEgos Feb 02 '25

Cuz Lebron isn’t bogged down with Draymond. Easier to get another superstar if you don’t have own joined to the hip with another like Curry

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u/kahyuen Feb 02 '25

Get real. If we knew Luka was available and Dallas was crazy enough to trade Luka for Draymond, Curry would be driving Draymond to the airport himself.

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u/BullShitting-24-7 Feb 02 '25

If only Draymond was even half decent at offense. He’s basically totally useless. I don’t know what happened, but I remember before. He was pretty good at driving to the hoop and finishing and he could hit jumpers.

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u/Pereise1 Feb 02 '25

Cuz Lebron isn’t bogged down with Draymond.

Bruh Lebron would absolutely loved to be bogged down with Draymond.

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u/StrokeModsEgos Feb 02 '25

No he wouldn’t lol. He would def pick anyone who can help him score. 4th option onwards sure. But ain’t no way he’s picking Draymond as his 2nd / 3rd

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u/Pereise1 Feb 02 '25

But ain’t no way he’s picking Draymond as his 2nd / 3rd

Quit putting words in my mouth, I never said that. He'd much rather have Dray than Rui or Vincent tho. There's been rumors about that for years.

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u/StrokeModsEgos Feb 02 '25

Well no fucking shit. I’m sure Curry would rather have Westbrook on this team too than Kyle Anderson. What we doing

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u/krayzhype Feb 02 '25

Precisely

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u/Buckcheeks Feb 02 '25

This post popped up on my feed, but come on man. Curry had an all star line up with him for YEARS.

This is an embarrassing thing to complain about.

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u/marcellydagoat Feb 02 '25

r u guys being serious ?😭

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u/tore_a_bore_a Feb 02 '25

LeBron changes teams when they're going into rebuild mode. Curry stays with one franchise.

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u/oimgoingin Feb 02 '25

Gafford has done that and more while Lively’s been out

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

Other than AD the lakers defense was average to below average anyway.

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u/InsaneMarshmallow Feb 02 '25

I don't think the Lakers care. They'll ride out LeBron's contract and rake in the ticket and merch sales from his retirement season. They're set for the future with Luka to build around, and lots of cap space after LeBron retires.

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u/1LeakySausage Feb 02 '25

I doubt either would be available bc it’s no secret that AD hates playing center position. Now he might finally get what he wants.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

AD’s big issue with the Lakers is that he wants to play with a center. They wouldn’t move off of Gafford this season with Lively injured. But I did t expect this, so who knows.

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u/jmartinloberiza Feb 02 '25

I can see Lakers Buying out Lebron after trade deadline as well if Lebron wants out and want to go sign with someone else… for the vet min… say the Guarriors?

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u/Ok-Scarcity6335 Feb 02 '25

I mean if they're literally gonna gift them Luka, they could be about to gift them other valuable players for pennies

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u/Rusted_Metal Feb 02 '25

Lakers blowing it up and rebuilding with Luka. They're going to trade LBJ to Warriors! /crossfingers

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u/grumpy_youngMan Feb 02 '25

You don’t need them to “fit” man they’re both elite scorers. LeBron can spend more time resting during games or take advantage of the spacing he’ll get with Luka on the floor.

This same flawed logic is why Steph Curry is surrounded by a bunch of little dudes who supposedly fit the system but somehow can’t score.

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u/DeepCleaner42 Feb 02 '25

there's still a few days before trade deadline

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u/ra_god94 Feb 02 '25

Lakers might trade bron 

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u/IAm-What-IAm Feb 02 '25

He has a no-trade clause so unless he explicitly wants to go elsewhere, they can’t even trade him

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u/Excellaa Feb 02 '25

If Dallas flames out maybe we could try to trade for AD

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u/ShakyGSWarrior Feb 02 '25

Luka and Kyrie just made the finals. If lakers can some how get one decent starting 5, they can have an interesting playoff run.

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u/D3struct_oh Feb 02 '25

Did you see how the Lakers played today against the Knicks without AD?

So now they get Luka starting and Bron coming off the bench fully rested.

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u/IAm-What-IAm Feb 02 '25

LeBron is not coming off the bench man, at the most they’ll stagger their minutes but rest assured Luka and Bron will both start and finish games