Naw, Curry was giving effort. Kyrie hit a game winner in his eye, but he was right there contesting. Luka spent half the series in no mans land. I didn't say trade him. It was a dumb trade.
I see this as a version of organization burning your jersey moment. I do not think offseasons could be controlled even in other sports.
So they are still trying to talk about why Dallas wanted to trade Luka while the real issue is what they got in return and how they went about doing it. BTW, when Kyrie talks about something "deep" we should all listen.
This whole trade was scripted it's just not believable and then you factor Nico Harrison and his ties to klutch and LeBron/rich Paul and Anthony Davis
The PR damage control out of the Mavs is the most laughable thing in this comedy of errors from them. The guy took you to the NBA Finals. Your only complaint is that he doesn't have the physique of Corey Maggette and he does completely legal things in moderation? What a clownshow of an organisation (although we all know it wasn't their decision to trade him).
they think the casual nba fans are morons, that any of what they are saying is believable or passes the smell test lol imagine the dodgers trading ohtani like how the mavs traded luka, it would be still be talked about. And lets just say the mavs were secretly trying to trade luka.. WHY ONLY DISCUSS THE TRADE WITH THE LAKERS.. Anthony davis is represented by rich paul.. and nico harrison has ties to the lebron james camp lol. also luka debut vs dallas only got 2.25 million viewers, so i only expect these numbers to go down going forward lol. The first game vs a former team is supposed to be a ratings bonaza. I know a lot of longtime nba fans were sick of the bronny james saga and now adam silver agrees to force a trade of the future face of the league to play side by side with LeNarrcasist is just not a good look.
This is like any excuse they come up is sounding wrong. Now they are listing every single thing Luka did in the offseason. Smoking A Beer A candy, an Oreo, a frie
crazy how Austin Reeves can get 12 free throws a game while Jalen can't even get a call. If Jalen got Reeves' whistle he'd be averaging over 25 easily.
2.25 million is not high for a game that was that hyped opening night always has the highest ratings what the ratings won't tell you is these Luka vs Mavs future tv ratings will stay the same or drop going forward. The first matchup is usually a barometer for fan intrest, 2.25 million is not good
There's that, and there is the Lakers being allowed to play football on defense. They are allowed to hand-check, hip-check, hold, and bump on defense. That's the key to their improved defense.
