Luka Dealt to Lakers: Nico Harrison is a Basketball Terrorist

[hakeemfaan]

I don’t even care about the wins and losses at this point. I am just going to miss Luka playing basketball for my team man. He was one of the most entertaining, talented guys I’ve ever seen. Legit one of the best players I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching.

Fuck Nico Harrison. I can’t bro

People who are looking at this deal as something that will help then Mavs this year and next are missing the essence of what it means to be a fan. If Luka had come out and demanded a trade a fan’s interest for the team would have taken precedence over a player.  When the player though has not demanded a trade, is a generational alpha who is 25, and we start to hear more and more how the GM didn’t do his due diligence to play multiple teams off one another to get the best long term haul, then there is no excuse. No rationalization. The Mavs can even win a title with AD the next two years and fat hurt Luka might be out of the league in 3. It still won’t make this trade a good one.  You have to get the best long term haul when you make a move like this and that didn’t happen here 

For all those defending Nico, I will again ask the same question. Take Boston, Lakers, Heat, Utah, Knicks and put their GM in Nico’s place. Would they have made the deal Nico made yesterday?  Absolutely not. Again this is not saying that Luka was untouchable. What folks are saying is that this is historically inept GMing. I would be feeling bad even if another team’s fan base had to go through this. It happened to us man.  It happened to us.