01-24-2024, 11:06 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-24-2024, 11:09 AM by Nowitzki Way.)
(01-24-2024, 10:31 AM)omahen Wrote: Not sure you realize how difficult it is to get a player as good as Luka. How many tanking and rebuilding jobs don't work. The only job of the FO should be to put the right pieces around him.
Disclaimer: the following rant is not aimed at you. Just continuing to play Devil's advocate on the Luka/Mavs marriage.
I think we all know how difficult it is to find a Luka talent. We got lucky to get Dirk, and we got lucky to get Luka. I've been a Mavs fan since 1990, and some of us have been around for much longer. We've seen rebuilds and we've seen dumpster fires. We've seen championships and more rebuilds.
As mentioned, Luka will end up one of top 10 best players of all time. He's that good. But that doesn't mean i have to like him. And if life long fans start turning on the guy, you have to wonder what could happen if teammates, coaches, front office, ownership start to sour on him also. Then what if he sours on the Mavs. As mentioned, we threw him into the fire as a leader. We have surrounded him with mis-fitting parts. We've traded away or released his best friends on the team (DSJ, Brunson, DFS, Boban). Luka is a born winner. And he will win championships. Multiple in fact. But does he do it here?
If he decides he wants out, he's leaving. This is an agent / star player driven league. If Luka wants to play with his buddy Jokic, he's gone. If he wants Giannis, he's gone. My view is, i hope our braintrust knows this also. And knows how to maximize his value if it were to happen. And the way to do that is get ahead of it. Trade him before he asks out.
And then thats where our fantasy brain kicks in and starts thinking of fake Luka trades. And thats when you get sad and hope he's here another 15 years. And finishes as a top 3 all-time scorer with at least 3 Larry O'Brien's.