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  1. 32 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

    Fin = Mike Finley? 

     

    I believe it was the Adelsons directing this move. NIco's been so so good thus far.  Doesn't make sense he wouldn't maximize the bid process unless he was distinctly told not to.  

    The Hoop Collective was actually talking about this and he was actually about to overpay massively for Kuzma last year but Kuzma killed the deal and they went with PJ instead. They basically said even then he has not shown a lot of understanding of value when it comes to trades. He kind of lucked into that one. 

    The more I listen to pods, the more I think this is just Nico thinking he's the smartest guy in the room. Maybe he may ultimately be correct about getting out of the Luka business, but he failed massively at asset management. All the good work of the past 2 seasons completely undone. We will never live this down. 

  2. And here's the rub for me: if Nico genuinely thinks he can't build a roster around Luka and win a championship, then I'm not interested in that person being the GM of my team. If he actually felt that way, he should have resigned and we would have had dozens of qualified candidates banging down there door to get a shot with this roster and assets. 

    When this boils down, it's a decision to keep Nico vs Luka and I think anyone is picking Luka 100 times out of 100. Nico just nuked our organization for the next 7 or 8 years and won't have to be around to see the consequences of it. What a shitty fucking time. 

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  3. 18 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

    I think the roster makes sense until the final 5 minutes of the game. 

    We don’t have nearly enough ball handlers or shot creators. AD wants to play the 4 which means PJ is playing a lot more 3. I honestly don’t know how that works offensively and I don’t think we have a good coach to make it work.  I don’t think we’re going to be able to play good enough defense to overcome that. 

  4. 17 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

    How many of you would be apathetic if we make a championship run with AD and this current version of the team? How many would be all in like you are now?

     

    I'd watch, but I don't think I'd be emotionally invested.

    I don’t think we’re going to have to worry about this. This roster makes zero sense. They’re aren’t making a run to the finals. 

  5. 13 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

    Because revenue is at risk of declining if viewership continues to drop and they can’t afford to dilute it further. The league doesn’t want to abandon Dallas, but they want the lakers to have a big stars and contend every year. 

    If the league is that desperate then the league won’t be around in 10-20 years anyway. You cannot sacrifice top 5 markets to make one team good, even if it’s the Lakers. 

  6. 1 minute ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

    Well, I don’t think it’s a miscalculation. It’s a win-win for them.
    This trade ruins any chance that Dallas will support building a new arena, but it also gives the Lakers their next global superstar at a time when the league needs it. So as mad as Dallas is, the league is very happy with the Adelsons right now.
    That’s relevant because:

    1) the local fans are going to turn their backs on the franchise and the city will NOT support a new arena anymore, and that’s when the league green lights moving teams (see also Seattle, Golden State). And the Adelsons now have the ability to go to the lege in 26 and credibly say “we can’t build a new arena because the fans won’t vote for it. Give us a casino and we will build it, or we take the team to Vegas and build a new casino around it there”.

    2) if the leg says no, the league will permit the move and the Adelsons win. 

    3) if the leg opens yes, North Texas gets casino gambling and the Adelsons win. 
     

    Why wouldnt the NBA just make an expansion team in Vegas instead of going through all this hassle to abandon a top 5 market?

  7. 16 minutes ago, mdmost said:

    Jason Gallagher

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    Nico just said Luka gave no indication he wanted out or wouldn't sign an extension moving forward. He also said the Lakers were they only team he talked to. He's saying this directly into a microphone.

    Just a stunning level of incompetence. After all the trades he’s done so well the last couple years, this just makes zero sense. 

  8. 1 hour ago, ztejas said:

    I don't understand why some of you are so afraid of the PL. Why wouldn't Pepi do well there? And for $35M plus? You have to take that money. 

    Like others have said, though, PSV is in no hurry to sell the kid. 

    It's a grinder compared to other leagues, especially if you're toward the bottom of the table like West Ham where he's not likely to get great service. All for not either way with his knee injury. 

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