02-23-2025, 04:35 PM
(02-23-2025, 04:32 PM)F Gump Wrote: That's a lot of assumptive "if's" that negative things are sure to happen, while positive things would have been sure to happen on the road not taken.
Yes we can and should stop and declare Nico a dolt for the negotiating itself, because it was awful work.
But in particular let's see how Luka does in winning a title. His road ahead to claiming rings has MANY huge question marks, maybe even more than the Mavs.
Wherever Luka plays, that team will play playoffs, finals, contend. Wheter it was in europe, or in dallas, he made the team go far. Even the underdog Slovenia. Number of titles eventually depends on the entire team. I would say that Boston team was one of the historically great ones.
There is no doubt that Lakers will contend now each single season. That was not the case before the Luka trade.