Luka Dealt to Lakers: Nico Harrison is a Basketball Terrorist

[KillerLeft]

I think this is what you are really stuck on.  You think they want to win (which is probably true), you know they have more knowledge than we do of the situation (definitely true) and you struggle to believe this could simply be gross incompetence.  

Yes, that is all true in my case. 

But honestly, I'm also stuck on really getting sick of Luka's act, even from a fan's POV. I honestly don't think he's ever going to quite be the guy I thought he'd be after his first couple of seasons, and I was trending towards that conclusion long before this trade ever happened. 

I realize there are two separate conversations here, and that you're the type who's still upset over the Porzingis to WAS deal, while I was fine with that and would never think of it if you stopped bringing it up. Getting value is important to me, but I just don't think we have the pulse of what's real with that as well as we think we do. It's fun to debate, don't get me wrong. 

I'm just not likely to watch Luka's career from a far with much jealousy, I don't think. I know he'll have soaring highs at times, and probably against the Mavericks, but I was getting pushed out of enjoying the team gradually with the direction they were headed. I HATED this offense, basically from the second Carlisle left. I LOVED 230 lb Luka taking people off the dribble and getting into the paint at will because Carlisle had pulled all the defenders out, schematically. These past few seasons had been a tough watch for me.