Recruiting Football Talk VIII

Lakers… Luka is also 25 and AD is 31

Disagree. Mavs won this trade. AD is actually a two-way player. Plus he's a better fit with Kyrie. Luka is a ball dominant no defense playing guard. The white James Harden. I don't think you're winning championships with him as your leader. He's also out of shape and constantly injured.

Mavs are now a legit championship contender with AD and Kyrie.
 
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Lakers taking the long view with the Luka trade. 25 year old MVP type player to build around in the future. Won't win anything the next 1-3 years.

Mavs taking the win now view. Easily the 2nd best roster in the West now. They have size, shooting, defense, and another superstar and closer with Kryie.

Both teams got what they wanted.

I don't think Luka's a great piece to build around long term. He's poorly conditioned and plays zero defense. He's nothing more than a stat padder. I'd rather build around someone like Anthony Edwards if I were the Lakers. Luka is better than nothing but I don't think he's leading the Lakers to a golden age in the future.
 
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This trade doesn’t help mavs with a championship

They just landed the best two way big in the league alongside Giannis and Wembanyama. Add to that Kyrie and their decent supporting cast of role players and they are definitely a championship contender. I could easily see them coming out of the West.

Don't let the LeBron media propaganda fool you. AD has been a top 5 player in this league for close to a decade and was the major reason the Lakers won the title in 2020. Him and Kyrie fit like a glove and instantly become one of the best duos in the NBA.
 
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Wow the Lakers just became the best team in the NBA

LOL. I love how little you know about basketball. They took a huge step back. AD was the key to their defense. Now they traded away their best defensive big for a non-defense ball dominant point forward. Which makes no sense since they already have someone just like that in LeBron.

This is why basketball is about more than stats. Defense matters and so does fit. Two ball dominant point forwards who play zero defense are not better than one of them with a two-way dominant big like AD.

Mavs are the ones who actually improved immensely with this trade. Kyrie and AD are now arguably the best duo in the league based on talent and fit.
 
Anyone saying they'd rather have AD over Luka is in disagreement with like every franchise front office except the Mavs. I mean it isn't close.

Some teams are quietly saying the NBA is rigged for this to have even have happened without him being shopped. Some experts are saying it moves to the top of the list as the most lopsided trades in history.
 
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