Dallas Mavericks Trade Doncic for Lakers Anthony Davis

[Strike 4,946]

This has to be one of the dumbest trades in NBA history.  I hope we don't have any Mavs fans on this forum.  If so, I'm sorry. 

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/43659380/sources-mavericks-trading-doncic-lakers-anthony-davis

[Fireballer 2,625]

Luka is gonna lose 30 lbs and wreak holy havoc.

[BiffTannen 734]

I just learned the N in NBA stands for National.  

[League Champion 1,808]

Doesn't help anyone 

[supermike80 1,660]

No bronny???

[Herbivore 1,076]

good move for both imo. Lakers aren't going anywhere w their current team. Getting Luka plans for life after Lebron. Davis gives the Mavs a better title shot imo. I think Lively will get moved. I am not a big fan of Luka. He is a great offensive player, but not a winning team player. sure they got to the finals last year, but as a Cs fan, gave the Mavs no shot, and it worked out that way. Last year was the peak for kyrie and luka, they beat good teams, but it was more OKC and Minny folding.

[avoiding injuries 1,413]

Cuban hates white players

[edjr 6,429]

3 minutes ago, avoiding injuries said:

Cuban hates white players

Dee Eee Eye

[Drizzay 686]

I forgot the NBA still plays.

[Favre is a Twat 34]

If I were a Mavs fan I’d never watch another game.  

[Fireballer 2,625]

43 minutes ago, Herbivore said:

good move for both imo. Lakers aren't going anywhere w their current team. Getting Luka plans for life after Lebron. Davis gives the Mavs a better title shot imo. I think Lively will get moved. I am not a big fan of Luka. He is a great offensive player, but not a winning team player. sure they got to the finals last year, but as a Cs fan, gave the Mavs no shot, and it worked out that way. Last year was the peak for kyrie and luka, they beat good teams, but it was more OKC and Minny folding.

I agree with most of this.  Luka can be as good as he personally wants to be.  I’m sure being the shiny new toy in LA along with slimming down a little, he’s gonna look like a million bucks.  Won’t be long before he’s half-assing stuff.  

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32 minutes ago, Fireballer said:

I agree with most of this.  Luka can be as good as he personally wants to be.  I’m sure being the shiny new toy in LA along with slimming down a little, he’s gonna look like a million bucks.  Won’t be long before he’s half-assing stuff.  

Completely selfish player.  Stat chaser.  Don’t point to the assists.  This is 2025 and the assist is the most watered down stat in the NBA.  Zero effort defensively and is a whiner to boot.  Saw a stat a couple of years ago that I think said 18% of his rebounds were on his own missed three point attempts.

[Gepetto 1,215]

7 hours ago, Strike said:

This has to be one of the dumbest trades in NBA history.  I hope we don't have any Mavs fans on this forum.  If so, I'm sorry. 

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/43659380/sources-mavericks-trading-doncic-lakers-anthony-davis

Whoa!!!!!!!!! This can't be true, can it? Why would the Mavericks do this? 

My favorite player Doncic on my favorite team the Lakers. I'll believe it if/when he's wearing a Lakers Jersey.

[Herbivore 1,076]

46 minutes ago, Fireballer said:

I agree with most of this.  Luka can be as good as he personally wants to be.  I’m sure being the shiny new toy in LA along with slimming down a little, he’s gonna look like a million bucks.  Won’t be long before he’s half-assing stuff.  

yep, Lebron influence should help Luka, but not for long. this year though, it could be great for both. 

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https://nypost.com/2025/02/02/sports/why-mavericks-made-stunning-luka-doncic-trade-they-were-terrified/

https://x.com/Lakers/status/1886131486753185875

https://www.nba.com/lakers/news/lakers-acquire-doncic-kleber-morris-from-mavericks-020225

[The Real timschochet 5,630]

2 hours ago, supermike80 said:

No bronny???

We’re trading him for Giannis next. 

[patweisers44 760]

1 hour ago, avoiding injuries said:

Cuban hates white players

Does he still own the team?

[The Real timschochet 5,630]

9 minutes ago, Mike Hunt said:

James had to sign off on this trade.

Odds of either team winning a title are the same as before.  Slim and none.

1. No. He had no idea. 
2. not according to Vegas. 

[jerryskids 6,318]

Are we sure it wasn't the Dodgers who got Doncic?  They have every other star.   

[thegeneral 2,644]

43 minutes ago, The Real timschochet said:

1. No. He had no idea. 
2. not according to Vegas. 

All the rubes in purple and gold rushing to place bets on the Lakers .

[KSB2424 3,108]

If Anthony Davis wasn't always hurt and under 30 years old this would be a crazy fair trade.  But that's not reality, Davis plays half of seasons and is what 32, 33?  Luka just last season took the Mavs to the FINALS.  Something else is going on besides basketball....has to be locker room - front office - yada yada shenanigans going on.

[avoiding injuries 1,413]

9 hours ago, patweisers44 said:

Does he still own the team?

I read he’s still a minority owner 

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1 hour ago, KSB2424 said:

If Anthony Davis wasn't always hurt and under 30 years old this would be a crazy fair trade.  But that's not reality, Davis plays half of seasons and is what 32, 33?  Luka just last season took the Mavs to the FINALS.  Something else is going on besides basketball....has to be locker room - front office - yada yada shenanigans going on.

Mavs are cheap and want to move the team 59 Vegas.

[KSB2424 3,108]

The Mavs had Luka, Brunson and Porzingis at one time and blew it.  Whoa. 

Does the grade F minus exist for this front office?

[Tree of Knowledge 1,539]

Was Luka wearing a fat suit the last 5 months?

[nobody 2,500]

On 2/2/2025 at 5:15 AM, Fireballer said:

Luka is gonna lose 30 lbs and wreak holy havoc.

That's the problem with these types of players.  If you're the Mavs, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't.  

If they keep him and give him the super max, he never gets motivated to get in shape and wreak holy havoc, so they'll always have this guy who is 85% of what he could be and never quite be able to get over the hump.  And then if they do trade him, now he's p¡ssed off and will be motivated to get in shape... for a year at least.

That being said, the return on this trade is putrid.  Even if he's a problem child with suspect motivation, the model for a trade like this should've been at least as good as what KD was fetching on the trade market a few years ago.  The Mavs should've came away with pretty much every non-Lebron asset the Lakers had.

 

 

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On 2/2/2025 at 8:25 AM, Herbivore said:

yep, Lebron influence should help Luka, but not for long. this year though, it could be great for both. 

The history with Lebron suggests next year would be the great year.  I'm going by the fact that it took a year for Wade, Bosh and Bron to win.  Cleveland stint II and the Lakers.  Always seems to fall short of expectations that first ride.

[WhiteWonder 2,565]

“the model for a trade like this should've been at least as good as what KD was fetching on the trade market a few years ago.  The Mavs should've came away with pretty much every non-Lebron asset the Lakers had.”…..

 

 

I’ll be the guy to try and justify this trade just a little from Dallas standpoint. It’s still not good but let’s look at it from a different perspective. 
heard a lot of NY sports talk radio mentioning the haul the Nets got for KD, especially factoring in what they flipped Bridges for. And I get it, it was a haul. 
But maybe there’s something to be said for the known commodity. 

Would anyone blink if a team traded a 1st for AD? What about 2 firsts, especially if it could put them in contention with top teams in their conference? Probably not. 
How often do first rounders bust? Probably not as often as the NFL but still pretty often. Look at the 76ers and the process and all the years spent accumulating picks, drafting mostly busts and winding up with malcontent Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey. Never been to an eastern conference finals. So how much were all those unknown first round picks really worth? 

[WhiteWonder 2,565]

20 hours ago, KSB2424 said:

If Anthony Davis wasn't always hurt and under 30 years old this would be a crazy fair trade.  But that's not reality, Davis plays half of seasons and is what 32, 33?  Luka just last season took the Mavs to the FINALS.  Something else is going on besides basketball....has to be locker room - front office - yada yada shenanigans going on.

Realistically AD is only 6 years older than Luka and still an All Star quality player. 
Luka is about to turn 26, has played in less than 50% of his games this year. He’s had knee and ankle issues and missed over 90 games already in his career but we are talking about AD as the injury prone one.  

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I guess you could make the case for trading Luka before handing him a super max, if you’re concerned about his injuries and attitude etc. The weird part is trading him for AD and one first rounder when you didn’t even shop him around the league by your own admission. Then leaking the idea that you’re concerned about his conditioning so you traded a generational talent for an injured 31 y/o in decline. 

It just makes no sense.

[Reality 3,061]

This will go down as one of the dumbest trades in sports history. 

At the very least, you get every team in the league involved and cause a bidding war. Most teams had no idea he was available, absurd on every level. 

[Gepetto 1,215]

1 hour ago, Red White and Blue said:

I guess you could make the case for trading Luka before handing him a super max, if you’re concerned about his injuries and attitude etc. The weird part is trading him for AD and one first rounder when you didn’t even shop him around the league by your own admission. Then leaking the idea that you’re concerned about his conditioning so you traded a generational talent for an injured 31 y/o in decline. 

It just makes no sense.

AD in decline? I'd say he's having the best year of his career. I do understand the age thing and would much rather have Luka, but can see the Mavs making this deal if they thought Luka wouldn't want to stay in Dallas, but if they just wanted to trade him because they didn't want to pay him the super max for the reasons mentioned, they messed up. I'm guessing most of their fans are crushed.

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1 minute ago, Gepetto said:

AD in decline? I'd say he's having the best year of his career. I do understand the age thing and would much rather have Luka, but can see the Mavs making this deal if they thought Luka wouldn't want to stay in Dallas, but if they just wanted to trade him because they didn't want to pay him the super max for the reasons mentioned, they messed up. I'm guessing most of their fans are crushed.

AD is 31 and now injured. He’s an All Star but not even in Luka’s stratosphere. And there were no reports or indications that Like wouldn’t re-sign.

The only explanation that makes sense to me is the GM being a power mad idiot.

[Herbivore 1,076]

27 minutes ago, Gepetto said:

AD in decline? I'd say he's having the best year of his career. I do understand the age thing and would much rather have Luka, but can see the Mavs making this deal if they thought Luka wouldn't want to stay in Dallas, but if they just wanted to trade him because they didn't want to pay him the super max for the reasons mentioned, they messed up. I'm guessing most of their fans are crushed.

if he wants to be there, I see no reason AD doesnt have 5 to 7 good years left. I think he helps Klays game also.

[Gepetto 1,215]

I have always thought Kyrie and AD would be a great combo.

[Gepetto 1,215]

There was another big trade, not as big as this, but anyway, De'Aaron Fox to San Antonio. Zach Lavine and 3 first round picks to Sacramento. K Huerter and one first round pick to CHI (not sure about that part of it for Chicago, not good).

[The Real timschochet 5,630]

33 minutes ago, Gepetto said:

There was another big trade, not as big as this, but anyway, De'Aaron Fox to San Antonio. Zach Lavine and 3 first round picks to Sacramento. K Huerter and one first round pick to CHI (not sure about that part of it for Chicago, not good).

I think the Lakers should offer Hachimura to San Antonio for Victor Embanyama. Why not? 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,424]

This guy gets totally fuucked going from Texas to California.  Gets to pay all those extra taxes and get the likes of Karen Bass calling the shots. Ouch. 

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1 hour ago, Gepetto said:

I have always thought Kyrie and AD would be a great combo.

We're fixing to find out!

I'm going to the Rockets-Mavericks game Saturday in Dallas.

Christmas present to my son.

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