The Mavs are sending their star player to the Lakers in a stunning deal.

“We really feel like we got ahead of what was going to be a tumultuous summer, him being eligible for the supermax and also a year away from him being able to opt out of any contract,” Harrison said. “And so we really felt like we got out in front of that. We know teams, they’ve had it out there, teams have been loading up to try to sign him once that comes available.”

  • JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 days ago

    And so we really felt like we got out in front of that.

    Talk about some pitiful logic. Luka has seemed perfectly happy in DAL for ages, the team has worked hard and spent significant capital to field complimentary players around him, and the lure of the supermax is directly designed to help in these situations.

    Plus, the idea that you have so little confidence in being able to retain a young superstar is some seriously weird shizzle that I’ve rarely seen before. It also seems to ignore the idea that in these cases, generally a sign & trade works perfectly well if needed.

    It’s my job to make tough decisions

    How about idiotic ones, also? Actually my working theory is (copying my comment from the evil empire):

    The one thing about the Adelson-Dumonts that I think people aren’t factoring enough is that it probably wasn’t just meddling here, but moreso that in this age of growing oligarchy, they simply don’t care very much about appeasing their fans or trying to run a good franchise.

    I suspect instead that the Mavs are more like a financial property to them, to be gutted & enshittified, then dumped in Vegas or wherever for an end-profit. And even if they’re hated (rightfully so), they still get to have that bling of owning a major sports franchise for awhile. So for them it’s still probably win-win, I think.