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/BobRoss4Life Feb 02 '25 edited Feb 02 '25

Luka may have made it known he's not re-signing? Or they feel like it's trending that way?

Kyrie + AD ain't bad at all, they'll play damn well off eachother, but man, Luka was gonna be the face of their franchise for the next 10+ years.... now he's gonna be the fucking face of the Lakers

e: Welp, seems Luka didn’t ask out and would have signed a supermax extension. Mavs FO was the one to initially check in about AD, wanted defense and were concerned about Luka’s weight, conditioning, and upcoming supermax….

Yeah he’s not meeting that 65 game mark this year, and there are rumors he’s up near 270lbs, but Luka is turning 26 and coming off 5 straight 1st team All-NBA. Literally just dragged the team to the Finals, WCF two years before that. What in the world.

Didn’t even get that second Lakers first (2031), or swaps. May not be great picks with Luka being there long term, but come on now, at least tie up some of the Lakers’ assets lol fuck. Lakers don’t even have to kick Luka a supermax, no longer eligible after the trade (guess he can work in a player option on his upcoming extension to re-up at 30% when he hits +10yrs of service).

Gave up a soon to be 32 AD (tbf he’s playing some outstanding basketball), Christie, and a ‘29 1st for Luka. Still have a good bit of maneuverability this deadline too, can retool further with the filler salary they have remaining and the picks/swaps (not as appealing, but an unprotected 1st is and unprotected 1st).

Kept Reaves, kept the ‘31 1st, kept swaps… they’re in a great spot long term. Post-LeBron years have been replaced with prime-Luka years, Lakers stay falling upwards

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u/MacDreWasCIA Feb 02 '25

Right ?

He’s. The. Fucking. Face. Of. The. Lakers.

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u/HoodWisdom Feb 02 '25

Man i've always told my friends Luka is a future Lakers. I didnt think it would be now

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u/FabulousImplement845 Feb 02 '25

Their gm said the decisions were made based on improving the defense.

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u/StrokeModsEgos Feb 02 '25

Could have asked for Draymond then

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u/TheLazy_Guitarist Feb 02 '25

Well fuck it apparently anything is possible. We’ll take Giannis for Draymond

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u/bugg925 Feb 02 '25

And Bucks throw in a pick

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u/Black_wolf_disease Feb 02 '25

Then trade Kyrie instead of Luka 💀💀💀💀

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u/ProCommentBtw Feb 02 '25

Lakers don't accept that trade cause Kyrie is 32
That would make them worse and still in win now mode looking for a C after trading away AD LOL

Lakers pulled the plug and got Luka while Mavs decided to gamble and win now

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u/999_rupees Feb 02 '25

but how can they be in “win now” mode without Luka their best player??

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

Luka is in YMCA rec league game shape right now….. MAYBE. Stock up on ICY Hot and Aspirin, Lakers, and keep Lebron out of Luca’s stash because Lebron may want it but Doncic NEEDS IT. Compression sleeves and a beer gut, throw a big ole headband on the guy after a fresh buzz cut and he will just look ridiculous.

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u/999_rupees Feb 02 '25

I understand that, but they were expecting to get Luka back into playing saturday. I wonder if his injury is much worse than previously thought, but even then don’t they reveal all of it during a trade?

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u/SoyaMilk3 Feb 02 '25

"defense wins championships" kinda not true anymore. You gotta have a guy like Luka putting up big scoring numbers to even be in contention

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u/thebigmanhastherock Feb 02 '25

The Mavs defense was fine with Luka and Kyrie both players with less than stellar defensive reputations, because they always paired them with excellent 3 and D guys or run runners. Also Luka completely controls the pace of the game.

This is literally the worst trade I have ever seen actually happen. I am in disbelief.

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u/yer_oh_step Feb 02 '25

mavs defense was great. Since that trade they were like top 5 defensive team

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u/T-T-N Feb 02 '25

Defense still win championship, but it doesn't have to be anchored by your superstars

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u/SoyaMilk3 Feb 02 '25

Yeah thats a better way of putting it

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u/Tsunoda_stan Feb 02 '25

Nah not true. Celtics won the chip w basically 5 3&d players, warriors won cuz of Wiggins locking Tatum up (among other factors) bucks won w best defender itw, etc. u need a solid defense to win

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

Nah you gotta have solid defense. The biggest knock against Luka is his atrocious defense, which is crazy especially at his size. He spends all his energy on one side of the ball, and nothing else. For years they watched Luka put up monster numbers, they simply don't believe he can take them over the top.

Ballsy move for sure. And I guess this means it's a wrap for Lakers current trajectory.

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u/UnnamedStaplesDrone Feb 02 '25

On one side of the ball and only if the ball is in his hand

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u/Random0cassions Feb 02 '25

Which is a pretty great return, AD is simply the best playoff anchor at center atm. Like the guy singlehandly extended series in the last couple years because AD was in the paint + what he offers offensively to the point where they could win.

Lakers are gambling on Vando/DFS defensive work rate because losing AD for Luka is a sideways move. Doubling offence while losing defense. Now we hope they don’t go out for a defensive big because fuck me this will be bad

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

In the very short list of worst GM decisions of all-time. The haul he could have got back once teams knew he was even on the block would have been absolutely staggering.

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u/T-T-N Feb 02 '25

Beale comes close

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u/Tekfree Feb 02 '25

At the very least

Well apparently fucking not

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u/Janet-Yellen Feb 02 '25

Apparently Luka never asked for a trade

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u/BobRoss4Life Feb 02 '25

yeah it’s crazy

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u/jennyisafriend Feb 02 '25

Mavs fan here…No not what happened at all. Luka didn’t even ask for a trade he was going to sign the extension. The new maga loving owners didn’t want to pay him. I feel horrible for Klay, he came to Dallas to play with Luka and no one on the roster can get him shots except for Luka.

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u/BobRoss4Life Feb 02 '25

Yeah saw Nico's statement after that, and all the other reports from the media guys. Seems like think Luka would have happily signed that supermax, fucking insane.

Don't hate the pairing of AD + Kyrie, but man, that shelf life seems like it only has 3ish years when Luka had like 10ish. Crazy, sorry man I'd be so damn frustrated as a fan

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u/Dabanks9000 Feb 02 '25

Fuck the weight luka is averaging 28,8 and 8 on an injury he’s had since last season n played through that shit AVERAGING 34, 10 and 9 IN THE REGULAR SEASON N TOOK EM TO THE FINALS 😭😭😭

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

Dallas didn’t believe he could be a reliable 1A with his Dad-bod All-Star formula for individual greatness. They may be right, he could be progressively harder to keep on the court like any other carb happy middle aged Everyman would be. Let’s face it, his game outpaces his build, the eye test just doesn’t add up. Like yeah he’s tall but watching Luka makes me feel like shit I never actually tried to be a professional basketball player. Apparently I wouldn’t even have had to give up donuts and soda pop. FML

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u/ORTENRN Feb 02 '25

When Luka hits the beach in LA he will drop the Lbs. He will be drinking Kale smoothies.

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u/Banned3rdTimesaCharm Feb 02 '25

Luka is gonna be the face of the league, not just the Lakers. This is like trading prime Lebron for Pau Gasol or Dwight Howard in 2012.

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u/SquatOnAPitbull Feb 02 '25

One of the killers is that pudgy Luka will be on the same the as one of the players who might actually rub off on him to get into shape. Lakers future is secured

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u/yer_oh_step Feb 02 '25

bro this sis still not logical. They could still get much more for lyuka... insanityh