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How bad did the Lakers screw themselves if Luka looks around next offseason?
Posted on 2/4/25 at 10:57 am
Posted on 2/4/25 at 10:57 am
Since the Lakers can't offer him the super max, there's a lot of chatter that it's not a guarantee that Luka signs a 5 year deal with L.A., might want to explore other options around the league.
They ditched AD, LeBron isn't long for the league (even though he's looking great lately), say Luka bolts for Miami or San Antonio, the future of the Lakers is Austin Reaves?
I feel L.A. has a good track record of keeping their stars around, but the what if is scary if you're a Lakers fan. Also, even if they do sign Luka, the big reason Dallas parted ways with him, dumb or not, is they were fearful of ending up in an Embiid type situation with his conditioning and injury history. Not sure what will light that fire under Luka to take his health seriously, but he's not on a good trajectory. Still a fearsome competitor, but that won't matter if you aren't on the floor.
They ditched AD, LeBron isn't long for the league (even though he's looking great lately), say Luka bolts for Miami or San Antonio, the future of the Lakers is Austin Reaves?
I feel L.A. has a good track record of keeping their stars around, but the what if is scary if you're a Lakers fan. Also, even if they do sign Luka, the big reason Dallas parted ways with him, dumb or not, is they were fearful of ending up in an Embiid type situation with his conditioning and injury history. Not sure what will light that fire under Luka to take his health seriously, but he's not on a good trajectory. Still a fearsome competitor, but that won't matter if you aren't on the floor.
This post was edited on 2/4/25 at 11:14 am
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Posted on 2/4/25 at 11:00 am to sicboy
Luka should resign with mavs as FA 
Posted on 2/4/25 at 11:00 am to sicboy
He's under contract next year
Posted on 2/4/25 at 11:02 am to Cosmo
They essentially called him fat on the way out. And Nico seems to be on a power trip. Probably a bridge burned.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 11:04 am to sicboy
Stay with me because I do have a relevant point here … I participate in a lot of Facebook baseball groups and one of them is always running these polls where they list four or five or six great players past and present and ask you to pick one or two to start your team with.
I always get flamed and called a doofus because I never pick Mike Trout, people point out his counting stats and analytic stats and tell me, “Don’t you know how good he is when he’s healthy?”
My response is always, “I don’t care how good he is when he’s healthy, if he’s consistently unhealthy and out of the lineup he’s no good to me because he’s not helping me beat people, which is the whole idea.”
I always get flamed and called a doofus because I never pick Mike Trout, people point out his counting stats and analytic stats and tell me, “Don’t you know how good he is when he’s healthy?”
My response is always, “I don’t care how good he is when he’s healthy, if he’s consistently unhealthy and out of the lineup he’s no good to me because he’s not helping me beat people, which is the whole idea.”
This post was edited on 2/4/25 at 11:06 am
Posted on 2/4/25 at 11:06 am to sicboy
He isn't a FA until after next year
Posted on 2/4/25 at 11:06 am to InkStainedWretch
quote:
e I never pick Steve Trout
I never pick him either
Posted on 2/4/25 at 11:07 am to Sun God
I went back and corrected my brain fart … I am getting old and senile.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 11:07 am to sicboy
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And Nico seems to be on a power trip
Nico will be gone soon
Posted on 2/4/25 at 11:08 am to sicboy
The average sports fan doesn't realize how good Luka actually is.
Sit back, and just witness.
Sit back, and just witness.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 11:09 am to sicboy
They didn’t make that trade for Luka to shop around. He’s already agreed in principle to a contract extension
Posted on 2/4/25 at 11:09 am to sicboy
quote:
the big reason Dallas parted ways with him, dumb or not, is they were fearful of ending up in an Embiid type situation with his conditioning and injury history.
The lakers only have to possibly deal with like 2/3 of what the Mavs would, so it's not nearly the same concern or potential franchise-killer
Posted on 2/4/25 at 11:09 am to sicboy
Nothing would be better than to have Ballmer offer him the max (if thats possible) and him walk across the street
Thats the great melt we all need
Thats the great melt we all need
Posted on 2/4/25 at 11:11 am to Upperdecker
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He’s already agreed in principle to a contract extension
I don't think he was involved in the trade talks on purpose, so unless that happened yesterday it's not likely.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 11:14 am to InkStainedWretch
I’m with
You on this.
You on this.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 11:14 am to Fun Bunch
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He's under contract next year
fixed the title
Posted on 2/4/25 at 11:15 am to sicboy
Luka looks uncomfortable in the Presser
He's just kind of staring off into the distance
He's just kind of staring off into the distance
Posted on 2/4/25 at 11:16 am to SlowFlowPro
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I don't think he was involved in the trade talks on purpose, so unless that happened yesterday it's not likely.
Was listening to the Bill Simmons pod and whoever the guest was mentioned these talks have been going on for almost a month before the trade happened, and even though AD said he was unaware of what was going on, he waived his no trade clause pretty quickly.
Some are skeptical at how surprised people were acting about this.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 11:16 am to sicboy
Atrociously bad but it won't happen. Nobody is walking away from being "the guy" for the Lakers.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 11:16 am to Upperdecker
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They didn’t make that trade for Luka to shop around. He’s already agreed in principle to a contract extension
Neither he nor his agent even knew he was being traded until it happened and he seemed genuinely sick about it. But you think they've already discussed an extension?
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