02-07-2025, 10:06 AM
(02-07-2025, 08:05 AM)Reunion Mav Wrote:
Either Luka looking more and more like his very large Dad soon or the salary cap he’ll of the Super Duper Max may have contributed or even worse the poor leadership you mention might have contributed. I wonder if Nico was so concerned he chose to escape whatever he thought was coming.
Welcome to the 'bargaining' stage of grief. Unless you believe one of the conspiracy theories, then yes, this seems to be Nico's thinking. It is a $350mm bet he didn't want to make. Unfortunately for Nico, I don't think he can win over the fans still firmly entrenched in "anger". If Dallas makes a long playoff run, fans will say "Luka could have done that". If Luka balloons to some massive weight or continues to miss large swaths of time from injuries, fans will say "you can't prove it would have happened here". And that doesn't even account for the scenarios where Luka plays well or AD suffers a serious injury.
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