Luka Dealt to Lakers: Nico Harrison is a Basketball Terrorist

[SleepingHero]

Dirk went on a podcast with his sister and talked about the Mavs trading away Luka:

- found out when his phone „blew up“ and went on twitter to confirm it
- was „shocked“ and „nobody saw it coming“ that the Mavs would ever trade Luka
- Very surprised by the move, which came „out of nothing“
- canceled his meal plans and just „sat in his room for an hour reading twitter“ trying to confirm it
- calls it „wahnsinn“ which translates to madness/craziness
- was asked about the trade everywhere he went over the next few weeks
- calls it „wahnsinn“ a few more times
- „biggest trade the Nba has ever seen trading away an ALL nba player before his prime“

Asked about the background of the trade by his sister

- „I haven’t been as involved with the Mavs the last two years“ and that he „doesn’t know as much about what’s happening there“ given that he’s not there „every day“ anymore 
- brings up the upcoming supermax contract which he thinks was the reasoning the Mavs stated for trading him
- doesn’t think Luka was traded by the Mavs because of his performances in games but if anything it allegedly was about his preparation and longterm concerns given the extension 
- reached out to Luka who answered after a day and who was „emotional“
- said that he told Luka that he wants to stay in touch given their friendship and his mentorship
- very „bizarre“ seeing Luka play for the Lakers, calls it a „tough situation“ which will take time for everybody involved and the fans to calm down
- then they talk about the injuries this season 

On Cuban and his role

- doesn’t think he has „much influence“ anymore and brings up some details about Cuban selling the team
- referred to Cuban’s interview after the trade where he stated that he didn’t know anything about the trade and that Dirk believes Cuban on that 
- thinks it was basically all „Nico and the new owner without involving anyone else“
- calls it a the result of a development that has went on over the last year and „now we’ve seen what came out of it“ (in regards of Cuban’s lack of involvement)

Asked about if he thinks Luka stays with the Lakers:

- explains about the supermax deal and that Luka has lost it 
- calls Luka someone „who isn’t in it for the money“ and thinks that Luka will stay there given the Lakers being a household name and that things are looking well for him now that he’s been playing again for a while and performed well
- calls the Lakers a „top organization“
- then some talk about his new role being an analyst in the upcoming season

A lot of those things are really telling. Dirk never rocks the boat and always has measured responses. He rarely, if ever, comments on drama stuff. The fact he has so much to say about this tells me he is pissed.