Luka Dealt to Lakers: Nico Harrison is a Basketball Terrorist

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This pretty much confirms my thinking. I posted this in the news thread. But, once Luka was traded I had a feeling and posted about it that Klay and Kyrie were involved. They had likely talked to Kidd and Nico about moving Luka. The destination is Kyrie, KD, Klay, and AD. This has been in the works since Kyrie was in Boston. Boston hates Kyrie because the team found out what he was doing.

Klay knew what was going on since he had played on team USA and with KD in GS. He probably said no to joining since he thought he would retire with GS. When they didn't offer him what he thought he was worth he was in.

This offseason we'll see the young guys shipped off to the Suns for KD. KD, Klay and AD will keep things afloat while Kyrie gets ready to play.

I interpreted it as Kyrie was acting as a communication bridge between Luka and front office trying to salvage things because he didn't want Luka traded.

I think Luka was the big reason a lot of players wanted to be with Dallas because it was pretty clear that he gives players a stats bump and had just lead a team to the finals.

And imo, even if Klay and Kyrie both went to Nico and said "trade Luka now" then it still shouldn't have mattered because it was much more Luka's team than theirs (and I'm saying that as fans of all three players).  I don't think Kyrie/Klay both signed with Mavs with the end goal being to replace Luka.