Luka Dealt to Lakers: Nico Harrison is a Basketball Terrorist

[cow]

I am surprised that many of the other GMs didn’t protest.  The returns for a caliber of this type of a player at 25 being so less regardless of how good AD is, the fact that it was done in secrecy by two folks who have a long relationship, and the fact that it hurts so many teams who are always trying their best to ensure their stars don’t demand a trade to LA or NY.

Even the stars like Booker land Giannis are now using this to say why blame the players when they ask to move. The one franchise loyalty that seemed to be coming back with Giannis, Jokic, Booker has taken a severe hit with this. This hurts 99% of the teams other than 2 or 3 marquee destinations that never have to fear their stars wanting to go elsewhere.

Mostly agree but GMs might like the trade market being reset after the piles of assets for the likes of Gobert and Bridges.