Luka Dealt to Lakers: Nico Harrison is a Basketball Terrorist

[KillerLeft]

I don't think Cuban (if still the owner) would have traded Luka, because (a) Luka sells tickets, and (b) Cuban is a major jock-sniffer.

I feel Cuban was not a good GM, so I don't value his feedback. And let's remember that when it came to negotiating, Cuban was one of the worst. Nor do I trust Cuban to be objective - he's taking shots because he thinks he knew it all, and they don't care to hear what he has to say.

Yeah, I totally agree with all this. 

Just reminded today that he had gotten pretty cheap over the last decade, and I'm wondering if the idea of super maxing Luka and then being forced to pay through the nose to field a competitive team around him afterwards was something he saw coming and didn't want any part of (or possibly even couldn't afford to do, no regardless of whether he wanted to). Wondering if that was an even bigger part of his motivation to sell than we originally realized - to avoid becoming the villain.

I probably didn't word the first post clearly enough. I totally, 100% agree that he sucked and the new owners GM probably couldn't start ignoring him fast enough.