Luka Dealt to Lakers: Nico Harrison is a Basketball Terrorist

[mavsmagic]

Reaching the Finals and losing badly certainly didn't do it.

He was in shape (by Luka standards) at the start of the season. It was only after he got injured and was out for a stretch that he gained weight.

I’m of the belief that being traded away without any warning, losing out on millions of dollars, and trashed on the way out is a pretty seismic event for him. I think it will fuel him and get the ball rolling (it’s not easy to change completely overnight). I mean the guy still holds a grudge against Vlade Divac for passing on him in the draft. What the Mavs FO did & are continuing to do is a million times worse. 

But I guess in the end it’s just a matter of whether you believe in him or whether you’re betting against him. In my opinion, he’s proven himself time and time again (no one expected him to lead the team to the finals last year or to the western conference finals in 2022) and I don’t see why this time would be any different