Man I really hope it does. My ability to tamp down the personal pettiness on this trade is gone. I hope this submarines Nico’s careerDallas GM looked like a goofy kid at the press conference. He’ll likely pay for it.
Is nobody going to let this thing play out and actually see what happens?
I just watched it. Jason Kidd looked like he wanted to strangle Nico.Dallas GM looked like a goofy kid at the press conference. He’ll likely pay for it.
Especially the part when Nico said “they’ll probably bury us in 10 years” (speaking for both Kidd and himself). Kidd looked like he was screaming internally that it’s time to gtfoh.I just watched it. Jason Kidd looked like he wanted to strangle Nico.
He already seems to be breaking down physically. Granted, the guy they traded him for has his issues on that front too. But I really can't see LD running up and down the court and playing passable defense for 90+ games/year for too much longer.I know we are said to see him go, but there is a debate to be had of if you could actually build a team to win a championship with someone whose a liability on defense and pay him 70 million a year, Not to mention he averages 60 something games a year and has only played 22 this year. His current status is “no timetable for return” so he may finish at 22. There a lot more factors going on here.
odd statement for a player who was 8th in steals and somewhere around 15th in rebounds last year. And I don’t have it in front of me, but during the finals run last year they had stats that showed Lukas on ball defensive efficiency ratings were top 10 in close ball games. So while Luka isn’t ever gonna be a lock down defender, he’s not a blanket liability either. It’s just always going to be a trade off of 40 point games or above average defender each night.I know we are said to see him go, but there is a debate to be had of if you could actually build a team to win a championship with someone whose a liability on defense and pay him 70 million a year,
The issue is that they did not call around the league and see what other options they had outside of AD. This is a bad trade because they should have gotten much, much more. The Kings got a better haul for Fox and he is not even close to Luka's level. Worse, the Spurs are setting up for a strong future with Wemby, the Rockets are young and exciting and the Mavs now have an old, injury prone team.I know we are said to see him go, but there is a debate to be had of if you could actually build a team to win a championship with someone whose a liability on defense and pay him 70 million a year, Not to mention he averages 60 something games a year and has only played 22 this year. His current status is “no timetable for return” so he may finish at 22. There a lot more factors going on here.
ThisThe issue is that they did not call around the league and see what other options they had outside of AD. This is a bad trade because they should have gotten much, much more. The Kings got a better haul for Fox and he is not even close to Luka's level. Worse, the Spurs are setting up for a strong future with Wemby, the Rockets are young and exciting and the Mavs now have an old, injury prone team.