Mavs already had one player who teammates didn’t want to play with… what do the mavs do? They go out and get a second player who teammates don’t want to play with

Mavs already had one player who teammates didn’t want to play with… what do the mavs do? They go out and get a second player who teammates don’t want to play with

LOL Luka requesting a Trade this summer or next season if maverick don’t sign anyone.
CryRie sux!!! Havnt done nothing since leaving Lebron, give lbj back the Ring!!
Ruined Boston Celtics for 2 years ruined Nets For 4 years!! Ruined Mavs for another Year!! 7 years of ruining teams and counting!!!

This post was edited by jaybomber on Mar 26 2023 09:10pm

Luka can come to the jazz and be a Robin to Markkanen and Walker Kessler.

If he’s behind them 2, wouldn’t he be like, Alfred or something?

Well we rest guys so often to tank he'd technically be the Robin 95% of the time. But you're right, he can be Alfred once in a while.

Really interesting take from a writer:

Golliver before the Kyrie trade: "The Lakers need to treat Kyrie like a Trojan horse. They need to talk him up, pull out all the Klutch stops. Get the Mavs to bite. No better way to blow them up than to drop Kyrie on them. The long term plan is to steal Luka, make him the next face of the Lakers"

Pretty interesting take from Ben Golliver (before the trade). Weird how that's how it ended up all playing out.

He said this on his GOAT NBA Podcast, here: https://twitter.com/NoTechBen/status/1622861098486743041

Here's a more extended transcript:

I have a better Lakers plan for how they should approach this Kyrie situation. Honestly I think it's a much better plan. It's more devious, much more long term focused. Much more shrewd. Honestly, probably completely unrealistic. But this is what the Lakers should do.

They need to treat Kyrie Irving like a Trojan horse. They need to do whatever they can possibly do to talk up his value, their interest in him, his ability to be a part of a Championship core. They need to pull out all the Klutch stops. To build up Kyrie Irving as this dramatic franchise-changing asset.

They need to get the Dallas Mavericks to bite. If there's another team as desperate as the Lakers, or close to as desperate, for a superstar level addition, it is the Dallas Mavericks. Nico Harrison's first thing on the job was losing Jalen Brunson, a near All-Star level player. That's like his first welcome to the NBA moment. Congratulations, welcome from Nike, there goes your talent, stolen from underneath you. Mark Cuban's facing questions on whether he's lost his fast ball as an owner. It's been an awful long time since they've been in the mix for big stars. Porzingis thing blows up. Brunson leaves. Reputation in tatters. The Luka conversation is already bubbling, and he just signed his extension.

So what I'm saying is, Trojan horse. There is no better way to blow up the Dallas Mavericks culture from the inside, than dropping Kyrie Irving on a team with Luka Doncic, and having that thing go completely crazy. If Kyrie can't make it work in Brooklyn, how the hell is he going to live in Texas on a regular basis.

The long term plan here is steal Luka from the Dallas Mavericks, make him the next face of the Los Angeles Lakers. And the best possible way the Lakers can do that right now is to coax Kyrie Irving into Dallas, have that thing blow up. You have to wait a couple years until it all plays out. That's how you get #77 into Forum Blue and Gold. You don't bring Kyrie yourself. You kick him into Dallas, and watch the whole thing ignite.

This is somewhat similar to Windhorst's prediction from a year ago regarding Kyrie:

Brian Windhorst on June 24th prior to Kyrie opting in: "The godfather move is not to trade for Kyrie Irving. The godfather move is to let the Kyrie Irving situation to blow up and then wait for Kevin Durant to say he wants out of there. That's the Miami Heat move"

https://np.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/vql6a2/brian_windhorst_on_june_24th_prior_to_kyrie/

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