Luka Dealt to Lakers: Nico Harrison is a Basketball Terrorist

[hakeemfaan]

Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.

Despite his flaws Luka lead this team to the WCF twice and once to the Finals. AD was THE guy before. It didn’t get New Orleans far. He was great in LA and is still a stud but once LeBron had lost a step the Lakers became irrelevant quickly.

This team’s window of winning a title has just closed. Luka was THE reason we were capable of putting teams like OKC, Minny and PHX away in past postseason runs.

I am not even blaming AD. He is a fantastic player when healthy but the reality is there are still levels to this. Even at 26 AD was not as good as Luka let alone at 32. If one wants to list out Luka’s flaws I can list out the cons with AD as well but I don’t wnr to go there because none of this is AD’s fault. 

What blew me away was the absolutely beautiful comment AD made regarding the trade and coming here. It showed awareness, empathy towards the fans, and yet his commitment to do his part. I do wish him the very best 

Mgmt on the other hand showed no negotiation skills. poor overall vision, and are now compounding that with immature statements because most in the country are calling them out for their incompetence. 

KL ::

We have all been critical of Luka’s flaws and with OKC and Houston and Spurs coming up, it is a valid question to ask as to how long can we wait for Luka to be a complete professional that puts us over the hump. Should we make the fatal flaw that teams make waiting too long to cut ties or do we sell high or do we wait it out and trust that this guy will take us over the top. 

I get all that and that’s why I hate folks just saying that if you are critical of Dumont and Nico, you are a casual and not seeing the full picture. No. We see it and it is not an easy decision at all to make. I do not envy them.  The way they went about it though and what they got back and their behavior/comments post the trade have been ridiculous. As I said, with the leaks Pelinka’s camp has given IMO they now realized they got played and are just trying to cover up their utter incompetence.