Luka Dealt to Lakers: Nico Harrison is a Basketball Terrorist

[SleepingHero]

Honestly to me, Luka being beloved is secondary.  Dirk had many attributes I identified with. Luka, other than his insane talent and having that alpha dog mentality, had very few personal traits I liked. Then again I am a 50+ goober. Younger Gen would look at it differently. 

To me it is a lack of fiduciary duty to the fans that bothers me. If your vision is short term then be bold and ask for both Bron and AD Or walk away.  AD doesn’t make this specific roster better than Luka in the short term and when you are trading for a 32 year old, you are not looking at the long term anyway. 

Else the vision should have been picks galore and some young talent who have been taken high in recent years and have the chance to take it to the next level. I am not even looking at undisputed young stars like SGA or AE. Give me a Wagner or a Sarr/Coulibaly or a Castle/Vassel/Sochan or a Scottie Barnes and a boatload of picks 

To me moving on from Luka at this particular stage made no sense given we had a legit chance to win it all. However if you are making that move at least it has to be for a clear short term upgrade or something to bank on for the long term.  Not seeing either of that is why this is so frustrating.

That's the thing, I think we're only seeing Nico's plan only half played out. I think his grand master plan was to get both AD and KD. Now the merits of trading 5-10 years of Luka for 2-3 years of AD+KD can be debated, but that package is CLOSE to what Luka brought. 

The thing is, Nico failed at getting the KD part. Time will tell if he will actually get the KD part. If he doesn't get the KD part then this grotesque plan got even more hilariously depressing.