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don't run when it comes
im surprised the greeks white desu
>Big Pooper
>>151916049>giannis will finally have help on the green national team
>this schedulejesus fucking christ, the Pels might not win another game for weeks until december lmao
Don't get too invested in Avdalas over one game, he's really inconsistent
>>151916100>at least they have their pi-
the nba is a scam it's the only sports league where no one plays to win
>>151916113this
>>151916167I watch all of the European youth tournaments and I've seen him shoot like 15% from three too many times. He's better than Demin though.
>>151916202>He's better than Demin thoughwell thats decent for a role player then
>>151916209Yeah for sure, he's too skilled to not be a rotational NBA player at 6'8/6'9. The funny thing is that the Nets could've drafted him last year
Im a gay cuck my nba team sucks im a gay cuck my team really sucks
>>151916303OKC doesn't suck
are the heat actually good? is Ware a decent center? is Herro a first option?
>>151916100Zion is due back soon I'm sure they can muster a win at home against the lakers
Can he turn the teams like raptors, kings or pels around if given the head coach position or he's just a Jokic merchant?
>>151916429>is Ware a decent center? is Herro a first option?No and no
>>151916429They aren't particularly good but given how pathetic the east is this year I think Spo will get them to the ECF regardless.
>>151916429They are good enough to squeak by to get spanked by the nuggets in the finals
>>151916459Merchant? He created the vorpgod. Jokic was a 600th draft pick
What the fuck pooper flagg is actually gay. Ive never heard him speak before holy shit he is gay
>>151916585That’s just how a lot of Americans speak.
>>151916459Pelicans got the black Jokic
>>151916459My god
The biggest mystery in the NBA right nowwhat the hell is wrong with Darius Garland's toe?
the raptors are gay
>BREAKING: The Dallas Mavericks and owner Patrick Dumont are expected to fire general manager Nico Harrison at a 10 am central time meeting on Tuesday, sources tell me and Tim MacMahon.>BREAKING: The Dallas Mavericks and owner Patrick Dumont are expected to fire general manager Nico Harrison at a 10 am central time meeting on Tuesday, sources tell me and Tim MacMahon.>BREAKING: The Dallas Mavericks and owner Patrick Dumont are expected to fire general manager Nico Harrison at a 10 am central time meeting on Tuesday, sources tell me and Tim MacMahon.
>>151916917that was quick so AD is gonna get traded again
Nicobros...
>>151916917If Pelinka gives him a job on the Lakers than Mavs fans have the undeniable right to drag him into the streets and beat him to death
>>151916917Do we think this means they're going to trade AD and Kyrie?
>>151916958>If Pelinka gives him a job on the Lakers than Mavs fans have the undeniable right to drag him into the streets and beat him to deathmight be the funniest shit ever
:(
victorious
NBA realy got away with this trade just making the Nico Harrison bullshit storyline huh? That easy
>>151916958Nico will have to do something like pic related first before he can get any job on the Lakers.
>>151916995Body powered by cevapi
>>151916917>The Mavericks are firing Harrison nine months after the jarring and stunning Luka Doncic trade – a move for which Dumont took accountability and accepted as a mistake in a court-side interaction with a fan on Monday night.This kid got Nico fired LMAO
The Lauri Markannen trade situation is weird. He's objectively a great player but anything the Jazz ask for from any team is too much and not worth it. Then he drops 50 points and you're like "wait maybe it's not too much" but then he scores a modest 20 points the next three games in a row and you're like "ok, yeah, not worth it, we have guys who can do that already". I also think managers are afraid of being played by Danny Ainge.
>>151916917Hire Nico!
What a fucking disaster for the mavs
>>151917021Kek, this nigga is really going to fire his GM because he wants the approval of some random broccoli haired zoomer
if they have their pick this upcoming draft they should just tank and get that dybantsa kid
>>151916958>Nico works for the Lakers>somehow manages to trade Luka for AD again
>>151917046Will Silver have the balls to rig it for them again?
why didn't they fire nico instantly and beg silver to reverse the tradebecause they approved that dogshit trade
>>151917027His contract is the biggest problem
nico harrison... go flip my fucking burgers you dumbass. KWAB
>>151917077Digits check put
Mavs should do a fire sale desuGive PJ washington to my warrior
Has there ever been a more deserving KWAB in the history of /nba/?
People in Dallas should stand outside their local McDonalds and chant "Hire Nico"!
>the chants actually worked
The biggest loser in all of this is AD
Which team gets Anthony Davis in a trade?
REST IN PISS NICO! AND FUCK ADAM JEW SILVER FOR MAKINGAVS GIVE LUKA!!!!!
Nico bros, how could you let this happen to your boy?You kept telling us that you won.
>>151917114Fleece the Magic for Wagner
>>151917113he crossed the boss
>>151917127>lets just bring another european white boyMavs fans would eat that
>>151917113He's getting paid 60 million to sit on his ass and eat Texas BBQ. Poor guy!
>>151917127>ADisney on the magic who literally have disney on their jerseysit's perfectthey should trade for paolo though
Nico doesn’t deserve this
>>151917114Born to be a knick imo
fire
NICO DONT GO TO THAT MEETING THEYRE GONNA KILL YOU! NICO GRAB YOUR BURNBAG AND RUN FOR LA!
>>151917148Wagner is better than Banchero
Mavs are retarded. At least wait till Kyrie and AD are healthy for a few games
>>151917135Then they draft a white point guard and create a white dynasty with Dereck Lively and Max Christie as half white frens
>>151917160SOVL
>>151917166ya but the magic know that too
what is he doing right now?
>>151917196Trying to get one last trade out of Nico
>>151917160Insane how any retro or retro inspired jersey has more soul than the new shit
Reminder that the Mavs are only 16 months removed from winning the West
>>151917196Trying to convince Luke that setting Nico up with a job for the Lakers is actually a good thing
>>151917181Maybe yeah, but I def wouldn't trade for Paolo. Which front offices are retarded? Pelicans? Maybe they can trade for Jones or something
>>151917204I still can’t believe the trade. I’ve been watching for 30 years. I remember all the choker labels Dirk used to get. That’s first bullshit finals loss And you know what happened? The Mavs stuck through with him until they eventually won.Why couldn’t they give Luka the same respect?
White boy should have played better, then Nico wouldn’t be getting fired
>>151917221Nicos days were numbered after that Luka trade. Fans were not letting it go.
>>151917221You’re right, If Cooper Flagg , the number one pick they purely lucked into, played like a superstar as a rookie Nico would’ve saved his job . He was already fucked kek.
>>151917160you got nostalgiaed
Cooper Flagg is a coach and GM killer
I just feel bad for AD in all of this.
Imagine if the Mavs didn’t get the #1 pick which landed a white kid. I think if they got the 14th pick or something, Nico would be burned in the streets
>Mavs begging Dennis Lindsey to come backWhy would he? He's killing it in Detroit
All these fucking retards has to die as with till AD and KYrie were healthy, now look, now we’re just fucked to hell
Sheppard and FVV to the Mavs for Kyrie
>>151917277Had to do was wait till AD and KYrie****
Two firsts, Zach Collins, and Patrick Williams for AD
>>151917218Yeah, that's one of the things that make the Luka trade so bad. The Mavs and its fans pride themselves on "loyalty" because of what they went through with Dirk. So to trade Dirk's direct successor like that is just nasty.
>>151917218I’m a Lakers fan myself, but it doesn’t feel quite right yet that he’s playing here. Reaves is my “favorite” because he is ours, you know? I’ve watched him grow every year and it’s rewarding to see his progression. It was like that with Kobe, as well. And while it’s awesome having Luka, the trade always felt wrong. Like it shouldn’t have happened, at least not in that way.
Nico Harrison is obviously the fall guy but that's the job
>>151917021>BREAKING: Patrick Dumont is hiring 18-year-old Mavericks fan Nicholas Dickason as the new Dallas Mavericks General Manager
Reaves and Luka are my favourite gay couple
>>151917337Lakers fans should know that Kareem, Shaq, AD, and Luka came over while entering their peak on other teams.
>>151917377And even Kobe got handed to them in a retarded trade
I kind of feel bad for Nico. Luka was becoming a fat slob with his constant calf issues nobody really knows what happened behind closed doors with those two. For all we know luka was acting like a total prick and unprofessional
My Nets let Trendon Watford go for nothing
BRING BACK SAM HINKIE
>>151917395I doubt Luka is that hard to work with when compared to some other star divas in this league
>>151917377None of those guys are favorites of mine, though. I was hoping we would be able to have a great homegrown team in the 2020’s but we drafted woefully in the 2010’s (Zo, Ingram, D’Lo). And traded all of it for AD, who honestly never played with enough heart for my liking. And somehow, we turned that into Luka Doncic.
Would people find it funny if Edgecombe played terrible tonight and dropped down below Flagg for Rookie of the year, as he has been coming back down to earth?But Nico was already fired.Or would they feel bad for him?
Why’d didnt Nico ask for Reaves? Reaves on the Mavs would’ve saved their season
>>151917420Cooper Flagg is irrelevant to the whole discussion, honestly
>>151917420Nico wasn't fired because of Flagg's performances
>WIN NOW
>>151917420Would be hilarious if they continue to run the current lineup with Ad and Kyrie coming back healthy and they make the finals
>>151917420VJ is very promising, but I don’t know if anyone would re-draft him over Flagg. Both look nice, but Flagg is younger and lengthier
>>151917395the dumbest bait of the month. congrats
>>151917337How would you have felt about the trade if Nico had exhibited the slightest degree of sanity and got Reeves as well?>>151917373He would've know better than to trade Doncic for Street Clothes.
picrel is a post from the night the trade went down and it stuck with me
>>151917395You could be right desu however not getting Reaves on that trade was inexcusable
Nico...I'm so sorry.
Do people think Nico was a rogue agent and not the fall guy for owners who didn't want to pay luka $300m+
Wizards
>>151917337I feel like Luka is a legit Laker.He has followed in the tradition of Kareem and Shaq in the sense that his career started somewhere else, but once he put on the purple and gold, he became family.LeBron, on the other hand... get that mercenary out of town.
>>151917478>We do not want to give the supermaxSure, ok>Not shopping him around, get peanuts from the one team you stuck withStill retarded
>>151917218Different owners
>>151917478I'm still a believer in the conspiracy theory that the owners are running the team into the ground on purpose because they are pissed Texas won't legalize gambling.
>>151917478I think a lot of stupidity and greed was happening simultaneously
>>151917478Nico fucked up the Steph Curry Nike deal and is a Kobe worshipper, so it all checks out for him being dumb enough to do it
>>151917461Hmmm....interesting "coincidence"
>>151917478>for owners who didn't want to pay luka $300m+Makes no sense. Why do any owners pay their players?
>>151917496Exactly. Why the fuck are basketball players payed to play a children's sport? They are literally bouncing balls for 3 hours.
>>151917478People memory holing his awful defense in the finals and his constant injuries too
The biggest winner in all of this is...somehow...Lebron James.Makes you think huh
>>151917460>>151917464I would’ve HATED trading Reaves, but you’d have to do it, right? Just for the marketability of Luka aloneAD, Reaves, Christie, 1st round pick for Luka and Klay? Something like that would’ve seemed more equal. But again, it’s not even about that. It’s the senselessness of trading away your ascending star player whom your whole fanbase has an emotional attachment to. It’s called reading the fucking room. There was something fishier going on, I’m sure of it. Even still
>>151917478That apart of the reason. But there’s multiple reasons. Here’s my guess. Feel free to disagree>Nico, who is a known Kobe worshipper , didn’t like Luka’s playstyle. Luka doesn’t have ferocious defense, is fat, and can turn into a crybaby with refs. Nico also thinks the Mavs are contended in major part because of the trades he made. Obviously, Nico underrates Luka. He probably thinks”if we had another superstar in Luka’s place, we could’ve done much better in the finals”. In comes AD, who is one of Nico’s old boys. AD plays hard nosed defense and can out up 25. AD would have a team where he didn’t need to play center all the time. Win win right? He brings it up to Patrick Dumont, who knows nothing about basketball, but knows he can save money and lost 4-1 in the finals. Dumont goes “Nico helped us get to the finals with this GM moves, I should trust him now”. With Luka injured and fatter than ever, Nico had the perfect time to conduct his plan.
>no...you can't call yourself the owner just because you own the business. That's SLAVERY.
>>151917516Also the Klutch mafia are running the Mavs behind the scenes now that they have Anthony Davis taking up space on the roster. I'm sure Kyrie is headed to LA soon. Mark my words.
At least Max Christie turned out pretty good
>>151917395Considering everyone on the team loved Luka I am guessing that's not the case.
>>151917448tell me how this isn't possible. Luka feeling untouchable, lazy and turning overweight leading to lingering injuries. You weren't there to see what made him pull the trigger.
>NICO, WE take all the risk, AD is more than enough, believe me!
>>151917536Idk man Kyrie probably enjoyed the thread He likes to be the main guy
>>151917516It all depends on how LeBron comports himself when he returns.If he is a humble second (or third) fiddle, he will come out smelling like rosesIf he tries to be ball-dominant and fucks shit up, it won't look too good.The story isn't finished yet, we shall see. also, there's a third option where he plays at some exceptional level, and it turns into a 1a and 1b situation, but I doubt that will happen.
Who says nein?
>>151917516as it should be
>>151917548Lebron already accepted his role as the 2nd guy desuIt was pretty evident in the last playoffs. He legit let Luka take all the shots in that Timberwolves series
ADisney got sacrificed by LeXing just so he could try and sniff 1 more meaningless ring.Hilarious.
>>151917486>we have to pay the guy who showed 0 heart in the finals and can't rehab a calf muscle who is always drinking and eating?>$327m?>yea fuck this, who's the best current player we can trade for? Can't be giannis and edwards? AD, fine It makes sense from a greedy billionaire standpoint. They didn't realize how big of a drop-off AD was.
>>151917514Mavs lost the Championship Games when Kyrie shat his pants everytime they played in Boston
Lebron to the Mavs for Cooper Flagg.
>>151917538Luka led them to the league finals the season before. you literally have all your brain cells deadkeep baiting, I can laugh all day
>>151917550Literally everyone involved.
>>151917527That whole “defense wins championships” thing was also bullshit gaslighting 101.Are we gonna just ignore that soon as the Lakers traded for Luka, the team coincidentally sold for over 10 Billion (which some revenue is eaten by all owners once the sale is approved). Also spikes the price just in time for expansion. It’s just about fucking capitalism and revenue. And of course, Nico’s connection to the Lakers made this all easy as cake.
>>151917021if dumont is taking accountability, then why is nico the only one out? also who will be nico's replacement?
>>151917568They saw him get swarmed by brown and tatum and him having 0 answer for it. It would be happening to him from Caruso and Jdub if he stayed.
>>151917550Fred
>>151917581>They saw him get swarmed by brown and tatum and him having 0 answer for it.Luka averaged 29-8.8-5.6 and would've had 10+ assists per game if his teammates could hit the side of a barn on wide open threes.
Nico bros, I thought our plan was foolproof.What happened?
>>151917579I mean the Lakers needing a new star, the Mavs trading away a top 5 player for broken bag of bones AD, and then miraculously jumping in the draft to get Flagg is just a touch suspicious.
>>151917581>the team who luka already made his son would suddenly beat him because they just wouldprobably not
>>151917550Warriors and Rockets hate each other. They fought for the play in spot 2 seasons ago and matched in the playoffs last year. The rockets were also the only team who challenged them post-2016. The Warriors wouldn't facilitate a trade for the Rockets, a direct and current rival, to get Kyrie Irving who is a God tier hooper who hit the best shot in finals history with them on the receiving end
>>151917611You can take Warriors out of it and it works still
>>151917611Don't forget also at the end of last season, Ime told Steph that his wife "tastes like Honey Nut Cheerios".and that Riley's asshole smells like Coco Puffs
How did Nico fumble the steph curry nike bag? You guys do know that steph was a glorified Bobby Jackson before Kerr rewired the offense right?
Getting word that Kyshawn George (Wizards) was in Syla Swords' DMs
>>151917696Hapa revolution in NBA when
Game... Blouses...
>>151917696This is what happens when you get your daughter into d1 college athletics. She either becomes a raging dyke or gets preyed on by perverted 6'9 freaks. Although she is Canadian so I don't feel so bad for the parents.
>>151917696/dykesimp/ faggots like you are worse than lakers fans. KYS
>>151917729Whatever that thing is its not a hapa
>>151917744Heh... I like prince too, cuz... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rblt2EtFfC4
at least my team isn't the mavericks even though our GM is also an actual retard that traded away 2 unprotected first round picks for nothing
>>151917765Tim Duncan just cosigned Queen though
>>151917765The funny thing is the Pelicain'ts unironically should trade away their franchise player.
>>151917777...AD for Zion
>>151917777check'd, but they wouldn't even be able to get anything of value for zion rn>>151917786i would probably kms if that happened
>>151917218dirk had dawg in him, luka does not
Since Nico Harrison traded Quentin Grimes for Caleb Martin...Grimes has 784 points, 186 rebounds, 171 assists and 107 threes...while Martin has 89 points, 54 rebounds, 32 assists and 5 threes.
>>151917786>>151917787Pelicans win that trade if for no other reason than AD is sometimes available for the 'yoffs. Last I checked, Zion STILL has zero (0) playoff minutes logged in his whole career.
>>151917761That poster wasn't me.
Utah jazz fans, your on the air. Everything ok?
>>151917805that trade only makes sense for the mavericks. But yeah, Zion is a joke and has very low trade value right now.
>>151917765We got Queen, stupid
>>151917860He's a rookie. Maybe he will turn into a star but too many unknowns right now. I'm glad he looks good though. It's still a boneheaded decision to trade away a FRP without any protections, they at least could have top 4 protected that pick like any other team would have done even if they had to send atlanta another future pick
Anybody know who the mod of /mu/ is? They should be looked into by the FBI. They are threatening me and confronting me in real life. I've told the police and they won't do anything. Makes it hard to watch basketball.
>>151917873We.Got.Queen.
>breaking news>Nico Harrison expected to be fired this morningOHNONONONO Nicosissies our response??? #OurGuy has been assassinated
Did you know that Lauri Markkanen is 5th all time in minutes played without making the playoffs?And 14th all time in games played without making the playoffs?
So is Nico gonna spill the beans of what really happened?
>>151917765Based PelsGOD
>>151917897Tom Van Arsdalebros...
>Luka is such a fat fuck>I'm doing you a real solid by taking him
Whoa... Timberwolves looking tight. Looking fierce. Looking juiced up even. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nmt3tVmTLs
>>151918006I wonder if Pelinka realizes he got his close friend fired lol.
>>151918022Pelinka is snake, from what I've read about him. Bro is probably snorting coke with Jeanie Buss and laughing his ass of right now.
>>151918022Fired? He ended Nico's career
>>151918022Who cares lol
>>151918056Nico always fails upward
What happened to Ace Bailey?
Nico Harrison is getting a job with the Lakers right
>>151918080>becomes GM of the LakersNothing personel Rob
>>151918081Just got up to 43% true shooting! Quit sleepin on bro
>>151918081He is a project
>>151918114What went so wrong nicobros.....
>>151918121He traded a fat fuck with a calf strain for an older fat fuck with a calf strain
>>151918121exactly what literally everybody expected
Crazy how getting traded for Luka completely destroyed AD's legacy. He went from being the guy that carried LeBum to a ring to being remembered as a "bum" that got traded for one of the future GOATs.
>>151918132ADs fat ass ain't fittin that suit
>>151918146It was over in the Lakers-Mavs Luka return game.
>>151917425He did but Pelinka told him he was asking too much and Nico said o ok my b
>>151918151Luka swishing that step back 3 in his face was a prophetic sign of things to come
>>151917425He did, but Pelinka literally said "No way, I'm the one taking the risk here". No joke.
What’s he thinking right now?
>>151918198FBI probes, most likely
>>151918132>>151918198>>151918206https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8lXs6CqUsI
>>151918198This is a good batch of infant blood.
Nerds hating on Nico. This guy does basketball for a living so I think he knows more about ball than you.
>>151918198>nigga didn't even send LA AD back for Knecht and 2 2RPs
>>151918271Sure. But when shit does not work out, you suffer consequences regardless
Nicobros... we lost...
Nico a ball knowa fasho
>>151918287>actually accepting that premiseNico knows more about ball than you specifically at least.
>defense wins championships>signs clearly washed klank, dlo, and extends ded kyriegood luck on your next venture
Nico would be safest in LA as long as he never runs into Luka on the streets
This is all a part of Nico's grand plan. Stay tuned for the conclusion.
nico going to lebum's DA GOAT LEAGUE
>>151918315>6'8 250 lb mountain of a man Luka approaches Nico on the streets to heem him>crowds of LA residents rush to defend Nico with their lives
>>151918271Take yer swing library poster. Cash me outside Celtics goober. Im a bad man. Ima problem. Matter of fact I'm that dude. Don't @me.
>>151918310I'd hope a GM for an NBA team would know more than me. Like, not sure what you hope to achieve here
Nico was Lelouch, we just couldn't see it
yo whatever happened to the shitposter who spammed how the mavs won the trade? Remember when Max Christie was the next SGA? Funny shit
Is Nico KWABOTY for /nba/?
Don't look in the catalog/gg/ rn hoop sisters...
>>151918370That was Nico
>>151918366>Rob was Lelouch, we just couldn't see itFTFY
>>151918370Getting anons hot and bothered by spamming obviously untrue shit is a time honored tradition.
>I didn't fucking stutter. I said you, Nico, are also going to give the Jazz a 2nd round pick.
https://voca.ro/136RhVrteU00
>>151918379Who else could it be?
Give Luka back immediately PELINKA!
>>151918370probably hung himself, or nico stopped paying him to shillfunny enough if you search up the images he spammed in the archives you can find he does this with every sport, faggot is just an attention whore who knows nothing about sports
Austin Reaves, Grayson Allen, and CJ McCollum are putting up 40 pieces in the big 25 and im supposed to believe the sport is better than ever?
>>151918463You ok bro?
>>151918472Hillbilly Kobe has arrived
Why was there a bunch of Nico slurpers anyways even the media niggas were sucking him off? Where they just shill?
>>151918472The times have changed grandpa. Now go deal with your sciatica
>>151918515they and we have a duty to support Nico....because he's black
>>151918515Trolling gets (you)s which is better than being "right"
NBA isn't ready for the Spanish golden generation
>>151918551That was like 2 decades ago
>>151918472When I was following the league 20 years ago John Salmons and Corey Maggette were leading scorers points never mattered
>>151918561>he doesn't knowTick tock
They hate to see it...
you did it /sp/. You finally got a man fired from a job he loved and clearly cared about. FUCK every last one of you
>>151918611Gonna cry? He can pull himself up by his bootstraps ;)
>>151918524Nico's black?
Mavs fired Nico that means they get Luka back now right??
>..and I will keep Austin Reaves>yes king
>>151918630he will never have a gm job in the nba ever again because you didn't give him enough time
Who could've guess Kon Knipple would turn out to be the best Duke player drafted in 2025.
>>151917590His deal with Silver only works out for him if Flagg is top 15 player ELITE. Betting on a white guy from Duke to be that was a laughable expectation, they are cursed to be eternal plucky role players at best
all the brothas are out there running coverage for Nico. Shannon. SAS. The agenda has been set brothas.
>>151918753SAS was kinda shitting on him on ESPN though
this is all lowkey Kidd's fault. He ran Kyrie into the ground and setup Cooper to fail
How does the Lakers keep getting away with this shit? Do the other 29 nba GMs just let this slide?
>>151918753to their credit they do have a point, I don't buy the whole nico did this alone story, higher ups are allowed to veto any trades they don't likeunless nico was blackmailing all of them somehow, they all signed off on the trade, and only switched their stance on it after the backlash from fans
>>151918753this the gay unc who faked having sex with a woman on ig live
>>151918778Ever since Luka got traded Kyrie was playing the most minutes in the league before he got injured so yeah you right.
>>151918778I mean, Mavs were so injured at a point, they barely had 8 people to field. It was like a curse
>>151918783Not willing to defend owners in general, but a businessman who knows shit about basketball trusts the guy he has employed for actual basketball shit.
>>151918753In all fairness to Nico, there is a 100% chance that Mavs ownership signed off on that idiotic trade and may well have initiated the process to move Luka in the first place to avoid paying him.
>>151918778>setup Cooper to failTrust Kidd
>>151918798but still, even as a snob who knows fuck all about basketball, there's no way you could think trading away the face of your team who was only 25 att, would go over well with the fansnico is a retard no doubt, but I have feeling he was just the fall guy for the owners being stupid
>>151918801the whole "paying him" argument is fucking dumb. The whole great thing about the nba and capped leagues in general is that the top tier stars are underpaid. They make 100x more off of Luka types than they pay them
To the future generations who are wondering why they didn’t give the MVP to a man who averaged a 30 point triple double.We tried to show them but they covered their eyes. We tried to tell them but they covered their ears. We tried bringing the horse to water but it did not want to drink.We fought the good battle. We fought a long war. But Kendrick Perkins, Adam Silver and his cronies won.
>>151918753Nico is a retard but it’s pretty funny how the new Mavs owners are barely getting any heat for it lol.
>>151918818Yeah it makes no sense. Why wouldn't they pay a top 5 player? Why do any stars get paid if it's preferable to not pay them?
>>151918816billionaires think milk costs $20 at the grocery store, they're super out of touch and live in a different world than us. plus they were new owners who weren't in the game long.
>>151918447chauncey billups
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HMf0Dex5k_ALMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
we ain't slandering AD
>>151918866>ADNP
they ain't gonna let nico talk or?
>>151918874What makes you think he wants to?
>>151918884He surely would want to if he really was the architect of the whole trade. He'd be out here clearing his name saying he didn't even have a full healthy team to begin with.
>>151918818>>151918832That may explain why Nico traded for another star player instead of a bunch of prospects and picks.
>>151918891I think he's given up
historical?
>>151918900Fake as fuck.
>>151918874>>151918884NDA(nigga dontsay anything)
>>151916958Them colluding all along almost makes sense except for the part where he fired Luka's guys before the trade and then publicly called Luka out after the trade. Those bridges are fucking burned. I can't imagine they're ever working together again
>>151918783>>151918801Are you guys fucking stupid or something?Dumont already talked about it, he was laughing at it, but was ok with it since they went to the finals thanks to Nico (lol). Dumont is fat retard with no ball knowledge, the dude literally said:>If you look at the greats in the league, the people you and I grew up with — Jordan, Bird, Kobe, SHAQ — they worked really hard, every day, with a singular focus to winSo yes, Nico is not the only guy to blame, but it was clearly his idea.
>>151918891No amount of yapping is going to clear his name lmao
Th dallas mavs owner is a fucking weak joke
>>151918818Stars are underpaid for the money they generate, but most are not overpaid for the wins they generate (except the goated players like Luka lmao they are still "underpaid")
>>151916917Hahahahaha
>>151918950>Work ethic of Shaq>Conditioning of Larry Bird>Good locker room enviroment of MJ>Scandal free personal life of Kobe>Magic LongevityThat's all he wanted from a superstar
How will Mavs fans react if Luka wins a ring in LA?
>>151918790>It was like a curseor maybe because Nico fired Casey Smith while putting DEI clowns to be in charge of their players, lol
They're going to push OKC's shit in this year in the playoffs. Wemby is going to get his revenge on Chet.
>>151918989>revengeFor what?
Imagine firing nico when kyrie is injured. The warriors were a lottery team without steph curry and when he came back they won the chip. Holy fuck no gm should ever work for this dumb faggot.
>>151917027Ainge trying to rob everybody blind with every trade has worked very well for him but sometimes it backfires because he'll *only* make lopsided trades. The Markannen thing has been lingering for way too long and it just makes no fucking sense at this point. If he eventually gouges somebody then it might be worth it in the end but if they end up never trading him or just settling for the same deal they could have got the entire time then this has been a pointless multi-year circlejerk.
Nico getting fired before they play Dallas is again is pretty lame doe. Couldn't they wait two more weeks? I wanted to re-experience the ESPN camera constantly zooming in on Nico looking like he's about to cry every time Luka makes a bucket. What's the drama going to be now?
>>151918970Kek>>151918989Won't happen unless Mitchie & Co. can figure out how to effectively counter the high-level tactic of "double Victor". If they can do it to Jokic they can certainly do it to Wemby.
>>151919011damn nico you had to run all the way to the norf?
>>151916049Meal
>>151917101Ballmer and Ishiba
>>151919014Making lopsided trades is how you become a champion. >OKC - had the most lopsided trade in history trading Podcast P for 50 draft picks and SGA>Celtics - fleeced the new Nets owner to get 50 draft picks for their aging starsNow Ainge has indeed fucked up the Lauri situation by getting too greedy back when Lauri's contract was smaller and he was worth the most in a trade. And his reputation has definitely made it much harder for him to scam new owners and bad GMs. But holding out for only GOATed trades is a legitimate tactic if you have the assets to facilitate them.
>>151919019It’s cool. Nico will build a dynasty in Sacremento
77 BILLION KEKS
Nico should take over as Nuggets GM
>>151919092I wonder why he omitted last season...
>>151916049What's the story here? Did Nico get fired by convincing a new, ignorant owner that trading Luka was for the best or did the new owner just not want to pay Luka that kind of money and wanted him traded?
>>151917420knipple is leading the roty raceand danny wolf destroy g league so hard the nets just called him up, he'll have no problem averaging 20/10 on the nets
>trade young MVP level player for an old, always injured, fat bus rider Anyone with a fucking brain could tell you ADisney is an injury prone loser with a fake 2020 mickey mouse ring that saved his reputation (which was 5 years ago)
>>151919101I imagine it's partially both. None of us are as dumb as all of us and it takes a special kind of stupid to make a decision that a mean BBIQ fan would correctly know not to do.
NICO SCHIZO, WHERE ARE YOU AT? All summer long you did nothing but post the same copy pasta about how you and Nico were right about the Luka trade. Your boy just got fired, Cooper is playing like shit and Luka is balling out for the Lakers. You were WRONG and you don't know ball, bozo!
>>151917560>He legit let Luka take all the shotsleboon is over the hill, he can't play nba level ball anymore, he isn't letting anyone do anything, he can't stop anyone from doing anything, when he scores its out of pity that they let him score, when he gets a rebound is because he got lucky and the brick ricochetted in his direction
Told yall niggas Nico was fired yesterday.
>>151919149Kyrie and AD played one game together and they fucking dominated you dumb fuck
Dead man walking. Nico Harrison you fucking bitch lmaooo.
>>151919179>Kyrie and AD played one game togetherExactly the point.
>>151919179>"2 2nd options played 1 game together and they looked pretty good!"This is pure copium and retardation. I'm embarrased for you that you actually thought that was a valid defense lol. Cry more, dummy!
Why is Jimmy so Z E S T Y
>>151918989webm will be injured and miss the yoffs again
>>151919101Honestly there's so many possible scenarios here we'll never be sure what really happened>Scenario 1:maybe this is a Major League-type situation where the Mavs owners secretly want to relocate and "accidentally" blowing up a finals team, antagonizing the fanbase and killing attendance is how they're going to justify it, although Nico getting fired less than a year into the scheme suggests he wasn't in on it.Plausibility 6/10Scenario 2:The league wanted Luka in Dallas and arranged for the Mavs to fuck themselves in exchange for the #1 overall pick and perhaps some future concession we don't know about. Nico plays along, willingly gets scapegoated and accepts a golden parachute plus some backdoor dealPlausibility: 8/10Scenario 3:Same as above but Nico is an *unwilling* scapegoat who just got stabbed in the back by ownership once things went too far south but will keep his mouth shut because he doesn't want to have an "accident" Plausibility: 7/10Scenario 4:Nico was really working for Nike the whole time, sent Luka to LA at their request, didn't give a fuck about the Mavericks and doesn't care if he gets fired because he'll get a new job with Nike 5 minutes later as a rewardPlausibility: 10/10Scenario 5: Nico is just a fucking retard diversity hire on a power trip who did something unfathomably stupid out of hubris and thinly veiled reverse racismPlausibility: 9/10
>>151919179Those minutes they played together looked so fucking electricI understand why Nico had high hopes for them
>>151919092so does Nico Harrison get permanent secret service protection like a former president? I don't think he can go in public safely anymore. he might also be flagged and not allowed to purchase a firearm cause of all the abuse he suffered
Domantas Sabonis YOU are a Toronto Raptor
>>151919208If he get's a job working under Pelinka then Mavs fans should boycott the NBA
>>151919240Potlel YOU are a KANG
Remember Masai getting in a fight with a cop at the warriors arena for not having credentials
>>151919263He won that fake ass lawsuit. The retard cop claimed Masai attacked him KWAB
>>151919240Raptors need a rebuild, not to take a swing for Sabonis. Scottie is going to ask out in year 6 anyway because he's wasting his time on this shitty roster.
>>151918740kang nipple is already the best player on his team
Nico will be remembered as the first martyr of the NBA. Rip Nico, you brave soul!
>>151919213What’s the point? That kyrie played the whole season by himself until luka got traded? And then if there was no trade luka would be shitting it up by hismself cause kyrie got injured?
>>151919263>the NBA had released a media advisory prior to the conclusion of the game stating that only personnel with gold armbands would be allowed on the court due to a visiting team winning. Many of the gold armbands were visible on photographers and executives on the court (including members of the Raptors ownership), but are not visible in any angles of Ujiri during the incidentwhy did he think he was above the rules and not wear an armband? i hate combative argumentative niggas.
>>151919284Scottie hasn't improved since his rookie year so why would leafs give a shit?
>>151919101If you weren’t a cock slobbering Luka Stan you’d see why a narcissist like Nico wanted to trade him Michael Finley had a lot to do with this trade too after taking Lukas beer away,l. They compared him to Kobe and figured it was night and day from the way he cries to the referee on the court, doesn’t get back on defense, traffic cone and he’s fat. But you still can’t excuse thhe return they got for a generational talent and AD fucking Kek I don’t like Luka but reaves should have been included for it to work, even still it would been a bad trade from mavs history with dirk and drafting luka
Scottie is fine but that nibba Dick completely useless on this roster
I want to have sex with melika
>>151919232>The 25-year-old has earned five straight All-NBA First Team selections, which made him more than eligible for the five-year, $345 million supermax extension with Dallas. But:>“There was one twist: The Mavericks were never going to offer Dončić that mega-deal, league sources said.https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6145975/2025/02/19/luka-doncic-lakers-mavericks-shai-gilgeous-alexander-thunder-nba-the-bounce/The new ownership group wasn't going to pay Luka a supermax. Trading Luka was inevitable at that point. What's fucking weird is that they didn't shop Luka around the league to get a bidding war so that they could get a larger haul. AD and a pick is a trash return.
>>151919232>Scenario 5:>Nico is just a fucking retard diversity hire on a power trip who did something unfathomably stupid out of hubris and thinly veiled reverse racismThis. But also the owner is a massive retard who actually thought Nico's delusional scheme would work and thought it was a savvy way to save $40 million over the next five years.
>>151919321Luka took a team of scrubs to the finals. If they got more stars around him then they had a shot. The only reason they weren't champions is because the Celtics built the most broken roster of all time to buy their way to a championship. All that "he's a Kobe fan!" is a bunch of bullshit considering that they never paired him with a dominant big man that can stay healthy an post-up.
>>151919050I'm not convinced the Thunder knew SGA was going to be this good. They just wanted out of the Paul George business, took the best offer they could get and wound up striking gold. At the time no one knew the league was going to give him 15 free points per game by awarding him free throws every time a defender looked at him. The consensus was he was good young player with a lot of upside but he wasn't a fraud MVP yet.That being said, Ballmer is a fucking retard who's been taken to the cleaners multiple times and would probably have that title he craves so much if he'd just been smart and patient instead of chasing a guy who was a part-time player even during his contract run and then doubling down on that same unreliable hump after years of disappointment. So fuck him
>>151919330She likes hungwc. You don't have what it takes
>>151919308The Raptors don't have a starting point guard, shooters, backup point guard, decent starting center or backup center. For some reason instead of rebuilding they traded for Brandon Ingram as a 2nd option. The Raptors are fucked.
>>151919330She only fucks white men, I'm afraid
Does Egor Demin disavow Putin
is what ime said to steph about coco puffs true?
>>151919334>>151919345In a league where multiple teams are crippled by terrible long-term deals having cold feet about a massive, "this is most any team could possibly pay someone" type deal doesn't seem *too* crazy.Except that there isn't another team in the league that wouldn't have given Doncic that deal under the circumstances. A young perennial MVP candidate coming off a year when he led the league in scoring and led the team to the finals? Supermax or not, that's a no-brainer. If you're not willing to max out someone under those circumstances you honestly have no business owning a professional sports team. The whole thing is just sus as fuck whatever excuses they want to make
my warriors low key missing looney
>>151919426Yes. He's coocoo for getting cucked by sluts
>>151918284This is actually NBA season 4 of Cliff Paul being completely washed. How does he stay in the league? Is he a fun guy?
>>151919438I think the ownership group spent a fuckton of money buying the Mavs and wanted to cut costs. Luka making the finals and being eligible for a supermax would have made them a second arpon team for the foreseeable future. Nico probably convinced ownership that they could cut costs and still compete for a championship by trading for AD.
>>151917021Completely staged for PR. Shams even included the random kid in his tweet. All this to make Dumont look like the good guy when he signed off on the Luka trade.
>>151919321the historic revisionism around the 2024 finals has been insane to see, luka gets more shit that he deserves>played the entire series and previous WCF through multiple injuries>kyrie literally shit the bed the entire series, couldn't do anything against white or holidayunironically the only reason people thought the mavs had a chance was because no one wanted to see the celshits win
>>151919497>through multiple injuriesthat's his own fault
reminder that NBA = WWE
>>151919505>just don't play in the finalsKek
>>151919508It'd be better if they would just embrace it since niggas care so much about the off court shit
>>151919505if he sat out a single game in the finals you retards would call him a bigger pussy than simmons, don't give me that bullshit
>>151919497That Celtics roster had Tatum, Brown, Horford, Derrick White, Jrue Holiday and Porzingis. Luka, Kyrie and scrubs was never going to beat them.
Don't let the Nico Harrison firing distract you from the fact that Donald Trump called into the Pat McAfee show today
>>151919508we know
>>151919497for me it's people completely misrepresenting why they lost. Kyrie turned ghost and their role players couldn't hit shit. It's like people completely ignore why they made a strong push for Klank, among others, right after
>>151919438There's no way to justify it in rational basketball terms. Either the whole thing was a conspiracy to get the Lakers another superstar or we have to accept that this the decision-makers running things in Dallas are massive idiots that made a astoundingly stupid trade on their own (and Silver decided to rig the lottery own his own to try to salvage what was left of the Mavs fan base).>>151919480He's essentially been a glorified player-coach since he left Houston. Although I assume signing with the Clippers means he's ready to hang it up and they're willing to float him one last year as a retirement tour.
>>151919534no one called tyrese, kyrie, klay, love, kd a pussy
>>151919480I swear like 70% of NBA owners are just filthy fucking casuals who pay marginal attention to the actual games and just rely on name recognition, so they're always several years behind the curve. They hear "Chris Paul" and they remember seeing him in a bunch of commercials and hearing his name in reference to all-star teams and such and think getting that guy on a cheap deal is some kind of bargain. Ballmer probably couldn't even tell you what team he played for last year or which year he choked in the finals.
>>151918778>deliberately tank the team until your retard GM gets ousted from powerBased J-Kidd
So does Nico getting sacked make you more or less hyped for the Lakers Mavs game coming up soon?
Alright so did Nico fire Luka from jew Adelsons orders or did he really fuck up that badly?
>>151919583That's pretty much it. This is why you see shit like the owner greenlighting the Luka trade because he saw ADisney won a mickey mouse ring that one time.
>>151919566lol if you wanna be a facetious faggot be my guest, but this the last (you)
>>151919497Kyrie never got nearly as much shit as he should for that series. Just a complete mental collapse. Luka was injured and still played better than he did. The dude is and always was a second-tier star. Someone else has to do the heavy lifting for him
>>151919601Luka seems to think J. Kidd wanted him traded so idk how innocent he is in all this.
Reminder that Kyrie was the better player for a lot of that finals run and they would not have even gotten there without him. Reminder that Luka was getting abused by every Celtic on defense and Tatum was toying with him like a yoyo
The Mav's need to fire J Kidd next. He justified the decision to trade Luka to the media in that fuck ass press conference. He's already fucking up Flagg's development by making him the PG
>>151919613What's there even to be hyped about? Mavs are shit and Luka already had his return right after the trade last year
>>151919653kyrie saw how shit luka was in the finals and right then and there decided to stop trying
>>151919566Post-championship KLove wasn't exactly a pussy but he did pull that >just because I'm young , rich, handsome and worth tens of millions of dollars doesn't mean I can't be sad, tooroutine. While being paid millions to be worthless by the end. Which I just couldn't stomach. I get that depression can hit anyone at any income level so I'm not entirely unsympathetic about that, but don't whine about doing the job you don't even need to do any more when you're making 10x what you're worth. If you're not feeling it any more, take your $100 mil in career earnings and retire already. No one made you keep playing
>>151919661Luka and Flagg face off?
>>151919653>>151919669>'cord still going at it with this lame ass propaganda>still seething about LuGODShouldn't you be praying for Gaytum's torn bussy?
>>151919714>Top 5 player in his prime against 18 year old shooting 42% I get that you want to see Luka rape him but I don't think most people are particularly interested in it
>>151919772It's about Luka meeting his replacement
>>151919714I'm ok with Coopa now it's really no his fault he's. on a demonic team. I hope he always loses but he's a cool player
i need bam's bbc in my pussy
>>151919789Maybe it'll be hyped if he keeps playing like he did yesterday in the lead up to it
Luka couldnt beat Ant as the higher seed with Lebron on his team last year btw
>>151919812Ant isn't in Luka talks who are u trying to bait
>>151919812*on a new team with no big manseriously it was so bad that dfs and rui were playing center for half the series, when gobert is looking good offensively thats how you know there's a problem
mavs fired nico lmaowhy did they do it nowwhy not wait until the results of his trade are shown
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>>151919847cause the owner is a fucking clown
>>151919847Because Dumont was getting mocked publicly so he needed someone to be blamed for something he allowed to happen.
>>151919847because the trade was retarded from the start and everyone knew it
>>151919298The point is that if their supposed main concern with Luka was his availability, why the fuck did they try to replace him with a player who is older and even more injury prone? If they had kept Luka, they could have shut him down after Kyrie was injured last year, make some peripheral moves to re-tool the supporting rotation, and try to run it back this year with a fully healthy Luka and a returning Kyrie. Also Luka is 26, they could try this for at least another 4-5 years with MVP-caliber player. The justification for moving Luka, is if the Mavs discovered he has a real long-term health issue that puts his career in jeopardy. And EVEN THEN they should just nuke the whole roster & rebuild rather than trying to make things work with roster built for a player that is no longer around. It's like the Spurs trading for DeRozan BC Pop had a moment of hubris thinking he could win now without the MVP-caliber 2-way forward the Spurs were built around.
>>151919847The results were already shown
I just hope we're all happy with the choices we've made!
>>151919847because it's funny and he needed publicity
Prepare yourselves, my Pacies about to go on a run, season starts today
Why is every NBA team run by retards? Abolish owners.
>[Kevin Gray] 'Luka Dončić really offended every sensibility that Nico Harrison had about how to approach the game of basketball & couldn’t stand how Dončić comported himself'Why was he so butthurt at luka anyways?
>>151916917nini bros...
>>151919979He's just a psycho. Everyone loves Luka, even his haters don't really hate him that much.
>>151919979mutt couldnt handle blonde whitey being the man
>young MVP player get traded to the lakers for a broken down old 2nd option and a role player >NOT A SINGLE FUCKING OTHER TEAM WAS CONSIDERED FOR THIS DEAL.you are all retarded if you think silver didn't make this happen
>>151919996The funniest part is Nico is obsessed with Kobe and his work ethic but Kobe reportedly loved Luka
>>151919979Myopic view of what greatness looks like caused by his small worldview and background as a Nike executive.
How awkward is it going to be when LeBron comes back and the Lakers go 4-6 in a 10 game stretch.
>>151919979>Why was he so butthurt at luka anyways?cause Nico was in the european basketball system and struggled through the grind and he saw Luka speedrun that whole shit by 17
>>151920074He needs to bring this hair back
>>151920081But Lebron spends millions on his body annually?
>>151920015Luka took all the fun parts of the past greats so any unc can see themselves in his game and see it as vindication of their own games, and the fact that he does it without run/jump athleticism is further validation of the raw skill and game knowledge aspect. He's a skilled hyper competitive aggressive style player so Kobr and MJ like him. He's a great passer who knows how to read the court and plays the right way so Lebron sees himself in that.
>Lebron spends millions on his body anallyEww
>>151920008Silver works for the owners, not the other way around
>>151920095This is what I meant about everyone loving him earlier. We know what we see and the GOATS know what they see. Dirk hasn't enjoyed basketball since the trade
>>151920105LeBum
hey if you fire nico you better fire ad, fire kyrie, and fire everyone nico got that got your sorry ass franchise to the conference finals two years in a row (one was the finals)
>>151919812And he spanked him in 2024. WHat's the point?
>>151920095>Luka took all the fun parts of the past greatsWhat in particular? I see a bit of McHale in his game is guess
So Nico was the guy at Nike who botched the potential Steph Curry deal? How the hell does a billion dollar NBA franchise hire him to run it?
>>151920140Steven curry?
>>151920124>fire ad, fire kyrie,They'd be lucky to get a late first for either of them at this point. I think their only asset of real value is PJ Washington.
>>151920164Gafford has some valueLively too if some retarded GM hopes he can stay healthy
>>151920164Marshall can be a good journeyman.Grimes is a good scorer too-oh wait
>>151917395You sound like a cucked Serbian, sorry that Slovenia broke away but you need to get over it
>>151920095Harden foul baiting, cousins emotional lesbian whining
Another great take by big Perk. Carry the hell on....
>>151920134You mean specific moves stuff? Most of Luka's offensive moveset is usually something from MJ/Kobe combined with something modern. His triple threat iso 3 ball game is pure Kobe, only combined with the modern/Harden step back 3 instead of Kobe's 50 pump fakes. His midrange bag of turnaround/fadeaway jumpers looks like MJ's but Luka usually starts from a drive from the 3 point line into a quick post up when he can't get all the way for a layup instead of just spamming off ball post ups and receiving an entry pass like MJ/Kobe. There's such a variety to it to so it's easy to see why old heads who are really paying attention are drawn to his game.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lfect6Pk-Q
>>151920199BASB's actually love claiming him as their own, since his grandfather was from Kosovo. They love claiming the one drop rule.
>>151920263It's the blueprint Skip and SAS set.Be a loud fuck and say things to keep conversation going, regardless of whether it makes sense or not
>The Kings are reportedly gearing up for a full rebuild and plan to explore trades for Zach LaVine, Domantas Sabonis, DeMar DeRozan, and others, per @CarmichaelDave Kangz are throwing in the towel 10 games into the season lol. They traded Halliburton and De'Aaron Fox for nothing
>>151920263being a dumb gorilla nigger gets clicks. Just look at 4chan.
>>151920277Skip and SAS are talented and good for TV. Perk is mush mouthed, retarded, unattractive and ignorant. He is the most retarded analyst the game has ever had and that's including all the women.
>>151920282I seriously hope no GM is stupid enough to take le empty stats man
>>151920301>talentedSure
>>151920164Kyrie for FVV and Sheppard.
>>151920319Demar would make a good 6th man. Zach Lavine is an overpayed roleplayer. Sabonis could be a good 3rd option on a championship team. If Russ get's traded then he's going to be waived and probably have to retire
>>151920194>>151920175Well, that's the rub. Going full Sam Hinkie on this roster would only net the equivalent of ~ 4 lottery picks. They also control their own pick for 1 out of the next five years. Tanking doesn't really benefit them all that much. Might as well hope the stars align and hope that Davis and Irving are magically 100% healthy for an entire playoff run.>>151920282No refunds Kangz
>>151920319>le empty stats manYou mean men? They're all empty stats over there that's why it's so funny
>>151920282>somehow you fleece keegan murray for the low
>>151920335Swap Sabonis and Zach Lavine and you'd be right.
>>151920335Anyone who thinks DeFrozen is better than LaTrine doesn't know what they are watching desu
>>151920352*one out of the next four yearshttps://fanspo.com/nba/teams/Mavericks/7/draft-picks
Demonic organisation
KWAB
>>151920385If his mother conditioned herself better, she would have recovered
>>151920384This is the right move. There are so many retarded front offices fall for the 'two way' label and will overpay for him
>>151920385We need the over/under on his suicide
>>151919508Yes obvs
>>151920384He only payed 14 games for the Mavs lol
>>151920384Imagine he goes back to the Lakers lmaooo
Becoming an owner in the nba is the only way I’ll be able to experience being a slave owner. It is my only goal. I’ll be able own white and Asian boys too. Wow!
>>151918121It was never right. People with media connections can have their butt buddies shill for them all they want but it's just words. Reality can only be denied for so lomg
>>151920428Lebron....
>>151920384PICK UP THE PHONE
I can't believe the most likely thing to happen actually happened
>>151920453When the least likely thing happens, you stop expecting logic to work
I'm from the DFW area. I grew up going to Mavericks games with my uncle, whose name has been on the wall in the AA Center as a season ticket holder since it was built. Jason Terry was my favorite player. I genuinely broke into tears when the Mavs won a ring.Luka was a perfect selection. Moving on from the awkward, loveable, and dominant Dirk to Luka seemed scripted. We went from one kid learning how to live in America while being one of the best basketball players on the planet, to a kid learning hwo to live in America while being one of the best basketball players on the planet. At a time when I wasn't sure if the Mavericks would ever be the same to me without Dirk, a new door opened and the team was just as easy to love as it ever was.I haven't watched a single basketball game, in person or on TV, since Nico Harrison traded Luka to the Lakers. The trade killed basketball for me. I'll never watch the sport again. This isn't even justice. Nico Harrison will go on to be a millionaire, he'll never have to accept what he did to North Texas, and he'll never actually face the people he hurt.Fuck Nico Harrison and fuck Miriam Adelson and Patrick Dumont. They personally destroyed something so so special.
>>151920447You know Jap butlers were considered cream of the crop back in the day? I wanna be the first owner to bring a good one to the nba. I wanna showcase his body to the rest of the world on live television so they can envy my property.
>>151920466its ok you got the next jordan in cooper flagg nigga
>>151920512Rui doesn’t count. I want a full blood not no mudblood. I’m so excited!
Why is thia thread 450+ replies so fast?
>>151920282You have to have a negative IQ to see the bulls and then want to do the exact same thing.
>>151920512So this is why you had the Lakers trade for Rui Hachimura...
why is every teams roster a joke except for okc and nyc
Light da beam
>>151920523Because Luka is the main character
>>151920527>have the #1 offense in the league spamming handoffs and meme shots>1st playoffs in 17 years or some shit>fuck that let's trade for defrozan middiespamit's comical how bad the Kangz FO is
>>151920544>nyc
>>151920544>fell for the Knicks bullshit again
Excitement propels my spirit forward! Remember me when you see a great Japanese nba player. All shall come to know me and my property!
>>151920282Who even wants lavine or derozan. Maybe Denver?
Where does Sabooner land...
>>151920561Any team trying to win should just steer well clear of any of those three
>>151920466alright bro see you tomorrow
>>151920567the wnba
>>151920466what's worse is that this isn't even satisfyingwe all knew nico would get fired this year, it was just a question of whenhe seriously just destroyed the future of the franchise for the sake of pride alone and gets out completely unpunishedthe mavs had their sights on a potential dynasty with luka, it's actually insane
>>151920584this bit only works if the person you're copy pasting it at HAS been consuming the product you're trying to say they can't get away fromyou're actually a retard
>>151920561Zach Lavine has only been to the playoffs once in his career despite being in the league for 11 years. He's not a winning player either. The Kangz roster is nothing but a bunch of stat padders
>>151920580I think lavine can be a roleplayer on a contender. His 3ball is pretty gud now. I don't know if he could take the ego check though
>>151920561Neither would start for Denver. No playoff team is trading for them.
>>151920590>future of the franchiseluka doncic was on the dallas mavericks for more than 6 seasons and it was clear he already passed his peak if you watched the season where they went to the finals
>>151920603he makes too much money for any contender
>>151920614Why are jeets so bad at baiting
>>151920603Contract too big, zero defence, and zero ball movement. Not worth it. Keon Ellis will be the best get from the Kings.
>>151920544Because elite combo guards are the most portable players in the league and easiest to build around.
>>151920625>>151920628Im retarded and completely forgot about contracts. My bad.
>>151920614This is the dumbest post I've read in a while. He's literally second in MVP odds right now.
>>151920639Jeets are naturally low iq so they just lie when they're trying to bait or slander instead of gilding the lily
>>151920614Let's assume your retarded take is true.You pivot to fucking AD and 1 pick?
>>151920639>10 games into the seasonfucking retard got swept out the first round
>>151920639Stop giving this jeet attention. He just sits in this general all day and ragebaita with retarded takes.
the indian has been seething for hours now because a white man is the darling of the league and everyone sides with him it's hillarious reading the thread today
>>151920544The second apron and Tatums injury fucked over the Celtics. Embiid is washed. The Heat need to rebuild but refuse to. The Bucks are hard carried by Giannis. Halliburton is injured and the Pacers lost Turner in FA.The East is a joke this year and the Knicks will make the finals by virtue of being a somewhat competitive team. OKC could repeat this year easily if they make it out of the West.
>>151920638Latrine would be a good 6th man if he was paid what he was actually worth which is mid level money at most. Defrozan's game is just stone age tier mid range chuck and will lose you games - and he's 36 years old now. I wouldn't be surprised if Derozan is out of the league when his contract is done.
>>151920670The jeet has been seething for months and months. It's daily
>>151920670He does this shit every other day too lmao
>>151920675why didnt the pacers pay turner
>>151920679Other way around. Derozans game is about getting to the FT line, getting the other team in foul trouble and running bench units. Lavine is a roleplayer at best.
>40.2* (œff=+39.6*, incl 27.5sco; ðef=+0.6, incl 43.6resistance... 17.7countables*, -9.3deterrence)The shit niggas be saying to defend jokic
>>151919653nico's now a full time member of /nba/welcome nico
>>151920702Halliburton got injured making this season a complete waste of time. Turner wanted more money which would have put them in the luxury tax. They chose flexibility instead of keeping their core together.
>>151920706His FT rate has been on a decline for a while now and was never elite enough to justify the rest of his game.
>Charania] Phoenix Suns guard Jalen Green will be re-evaluated in four-to-six weeks with a right hamstring strain, sources tell ESPN.Nigga just got back too
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>>151920709everybody who actually watches knows Jokic isn't a bad defender. He has obvious weaknesses but for whatever reason they don't get consistently targeted enough over a game or even crunch time for it to really matter and he's getting deflections the whole time. In the aggregate he manages to be a positive
>>151920639>He's literally second in MVP odds right now.He's literally not
Latrine and Defrozan are proof FG% means nothing in a vaccuum. Both are 50%+ from the field and 40%+ from meme this season and it does absolutely nothing to move the needle
>>151920599alright bro see you tomorrow
>>151920384OH NO NO NO! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Mavs, We'll give you Jeremy Sochan, Kelly Olynyk and our next two firsts if you eat his contract for us.
>>151920384I mean, you have to get some picks back or you're just fucked for the foreseable future. They need to dump it all. AD, Kyrie, Klay (if anyone will take him). Anyone over 30. Nuke it from orbit because it is over
