Luka traded to the Lakers

[KhalDrogo]

Originally Posted by daeve

Weren't you the one calling Wemby overrated? You have no legs to stand on from a talent evaluation perspective my guy

I call him Wembum because I don’t believe his career will come close to matching the hype.

I don’t think anyone should take you for anything other than a bitter Jokic fan who is mad the Nuggets are sliding and Jokic will get passed over again for MVP.

[daeve]

Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

I call him Wembum because I don’t believe his career will come close to matching the hype.

I don’t think anyone should take you for anything other than a bitter Jokic fan who is mad the Nuggets are sliding and Jokic will get passed over again for MVP.

Y'all ran off every other big Jokic fan, idk if you've noticed.

I simply like dude's game. I'm basically out of his cards and I've made my $$ on him so idc about that aspect. I just like to see the right guys get rewarded, because media narratives don't age well.

I've been absolutely correct on Durant and Ben Simmons and those are well-documented positions on these forums. I was also correct on Kawhi and Giannis.

[KhalDrogo]

What’s the O/U on remaining Mavs wins? 1.5? They may lose out. But there’s probably still ~8 teams with a worse record.

[yiguiri2002]

Originally Posted by daeve

They were underdogs because they weren't doing so well before Nico made moves at the deadline that made them much better, and before Lively got more games under his belt and looked like a real contributor.

Brunson looks way better in NY - why is that? Luka is a good distributor but he's not the easiest to play with, he requires the ball the vast majority of the time to be effective and he needs the right pieces around him to make up for the defensive lapses/shortcomings. Y'all can't sit here and tell me Nico did a horrible job in that regard, he did phenomenally well. Maybe to the point where he felt confident enough to trade a 25yo superstar.

They were underdogs because the other team was the favorite. In the conference semifinals AND finals. Not to mention he took the Suns out a few years ago. How many current superstars have led their team to win 3 series as underdogs to go deep into the playoffs?

Also, no one is blaming Nico for last season, he did great. All of that was undone with the awful trade he made.

[yiguiri2002]

Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

What’s the O/U on remaining Mavs wins? 1.5? They may lose out. But there’s probably still ~8 teams with a worse record.

I have them at 5-14. Good enough to miss the play-in, not good enough to get a Top 10 pick.

[KhalDrogo]

How can anyone continue life as a Mavs fan at this point?

[BoSoxFan1999]

The Luka/LeBron haters are looking mighty stupid right now. lmao

[cardozo]

Originally Posted by BoSoxFan1999

The Luka/LeBron haters are looking mighty stupid right now. lmao

It’s been a few games, the ego thing between the two could still create problems, this will only be a success if Luka agrees to play second fiddle until LeBron retires.

[Chris P]

Originally Posted by cardozo

It’s been a few games, the ego thing between the two could still create problems, this will only be a success if Luka agrees to play second fiddle until LeBron retires.

That's not true at all Luka doesn't have to play "second fiddle" for it to be a success

[Sticks33]

Originally Posted by Chris P

That's not true at all Luka doesn't have to play "second fiddle" for it to be a success

Agreed. LeBron and Luka will work great together. Whether or not that will be enough to win it all is dependent on the Lakers role players. I don’t think they’ll pull it off, personally, but it wouldn’t completely shock me either

[BackToWax]

Originally Posted by Sticks33

Agreed. LeBron and Luka will work great together. Whether or not that will be enough to win it all is dependent on the Lakers role players. I don’t think they’ll pull it off, personally, but it wouldn’t completely shock me either

If they somehow manage to make a deep run with jaxson hayes as their starting center, that would be incredibly impressive. Even by Lebron and Luka standards.

[cardozo]

Originally Posted by Chris P

That's not true at all Luka doesn't have to play "second fiddle" for it to be a success

Both have an enormous ego but if they come to terms that it’s Lebrons team but that he needs Luka to actually win something then yes, otherwise it could work out quite badly.

[hermanotarjeta]

Now it’s Luka’s chance to show what he is made of.

[SandStoneSports]

Originally Posted by cardozo

Both have an enormous ego but if they come to terms that it’s Lebrons team but that he needs Luka to actually win something then yes, otherwise it could work out quite badly.

Serious question. What has Luka done since he came into the league that gives even the slightest hint that he has an enormous ego?

[Mires]

Will we see Lakers Luka cards soon?

[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by Mires

Will we see Lakers Luka cards soon?

Later season 2024-25 releases should include some Luka Laker rookies!

It will be like 2018-19 all over again!

[Delta5]

This stretch with no Bron is Luka's best chance to prove his worth but so far it's not looking good. Losing to tanking nets

[SandStoneSports]

Originally Posted by Delta5

This stretch with no Bron is Luka's best chance to prove his worth but so far it's not looking good. Losing to tanking nets

The Lakers are beat up beyond Lebron. Rui, and Hayes are out as well. Hayes is the only big man they have that can play. Luka still looks injured as well.

Every good team in the NBA has more than one good player. People shouldnt be judging Luka on this stretch when Gabe Vincent is the next best scorer on the floor with him.

[Delta5]

Originally Posted by SandStoneSports

The Lakers are beat up beyond Lebron. Rui, and Hayes are out as well. Hayes is the only big man they have that can play. Luka still looks injured as well.

Every good team in the NBA has more than one good player. People shouldnt be judging Luka on this stretch when Gabe Vincent is the next best scorer on the floor with him.

I know that, but there's losing and there's losing to G league Nets. And you have Reaves and Knecht. It's not like Lakers team are total bum beside Luka

[yiguiri2002]

Originally Posted by Delta5

I know that, but there's losing and there's losing to G league Nets. And you have Reaves and Knecht. It's not like Lakers team are total bum beside Luka

Yeah, that argument makes no sense when you get beat by Cam Johnson, D'Lo and Nic Claxton.

[BlueXtreme]

Originally Posted by yiguiri2002

Yeah, that argument makes no sense when you get beat by Cam Johnson, D'Lo and Nic Claxton.

I said it in the other thread and I’ll say it here. If it were reversed and LeBron played like that and lost. This would be 3 pages longer about how he should win with towel boys against that team

[tjforce]

Originally Posted by BlueXtreme

I said it in the other thread and I’ll say it here. If it were reversed and LeBron played like that and lost. This would be 3 pages longer about how he should win with towel boys against that team

This will be a good litmus test for Luka:

Lakers were 6-1 with AD out this season and LeBron starting, so there's no excuse for "Luka doesn't have enough around him to keep it together".

So far it's just 1 game, so I'm not going to get ahead of myself with this. But one thing it's easy to agree on is that Luka needs to get his sub- 40% shooting up.

[BlueXtreme]

Originally Posted by tjforce

This will be a good litmus test for Luka:

Lakers were 6-1 with AD out this season and LeBron starting, so there's no excuse for "Luka doesn't have enough around him to keep it together".

So far it's just 1 game, so I'm not going to get ahead of myself with this. But one thing it's easy to agree on is that Luka needs to get his sub- 40% shooting up.

Oh. I’m not even saying that against Luka or anything like that. Just pointing out how so many members can apply context to every player but LeBron. With LeBron. Supporting cast or age is an excuse. Everyone else.. context and different narrative

And this would already be pages longer

[Chris P]

Originally Posted by tjforce

This will be a good litmus test for Luka:

Lakers were 6-1 with AD out this season and LeBron starting, so there's no excuse for "Luka doesn't have enough around him to keep it together".

So far it's just 1 game, so I'm not going to get ahead of myself with this. But one thing it's easy to agree on is that Luka needs to get his sub- 40% shooting up.

Not going to make excuses but its not just Bron being out, DFS, Rui and Hayes are all contributors on this team. They aren't world beaters but you still feel their loss when they are missing. However, this game is on Luka and to a lesser extent Reeves bc guys like Gabe Vincent and Jordan Goodwin DID show up and if Luka just has a decent enough game, they win. You can't squander games where
Vincent has his best scoring game as a Laker nor drop the most winnable games during this stretch run.

[hermanotarjeta]

Everyone here is forgetting one simple fact - regular season performance doesn’t matter.

If the players don’t care, we don’t care.

The regular season is simply an exhibition for the playoffs.

Winning or losing streaks mean nothing during the regular season.