Luka Dealt to Lakers: Nico Harrison is a Basketball Terrorist

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It’s weird seeing some of the trade proposals pop up today around Giannis, who has approximately equal, maybe even less value than Luka (due to age), and the expected return is enormously more than Luka returned, starting with a young all star (not an old one), a second potential starter (not a back of the rotation player like Max), and 3 or 4 premiere picks, including one of the picks Dallas no longer controls (not what will probably be a mediocre pick from LA). I wouldn’t have liked it, but a return like that would have made me feel a lot better about the trade. The Mavs not only traded the heart of the city, they got robbed in the process. Nico turned Dallas into a second tier city, when it’s actually the powerhouse #4 market in the nation. What an idiot.

If Luka has a deep playoff run or another star is traded this off-season for a decidedly better return, you simply have to fire Nico. You need to fire him anyways, but he couldn’t possibly survive one of those two eventualities.