03-24-2025, 10:28 PM
(03-24-2025, 09:55 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: I disagree. How many pundits have called this the most laughable lopsided trade of all time? That speaks to the talent disparity of the trade. The rancorous discourse over this trade has been constant for the last 2 months. If this wasn't such a lopsided trade, the talk of it would have been treated like any other big trade of the last decade. But the Luka trade was different. We all know it was different. And it spoke to the abilities of AD vs. Luka. I think that weighs on him.
And it's why AD has made it a point repeatedly to say "Mavs fans I'm here now" and "Yeah they traded Luka, but they got me." Hell his first game he stormed to mid court to scream at fans "I'm here now!" in the midst of destroying the Rockets.
...and then sadly proving all of our points by getting injured again before the game was even done.
The disparity between AD and Luka is fairly significant, but he's definitely of multiyear All-Star quality. I still think the main sources of the disparity, aside from him not being a guy who can create his own shot, are age and availability.
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