GAME 2: Washington Wizards (0-1) vs. Dallas Mavericks (0-1) | 7:30pm CST

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BTW a few weeks ago Davis has publicly confirmed that he is „ten to twelve pounds“ above his playing weight right now and that he is using the regular season to shed those pounds and reach his normal playing weight.

But I guess we only apply certain standards when it fits to the narrative…

A lot of players come with some extra muscle mass. Kobe always did to compensate for the loss of muscle mass and weight during the season. Luka came overweight.  That caused slow starts, nagging injuries and affected his ability to get back in defense. That’s why the narrative is different. 

Again no one is excusing that horrendous trade where a clueless GM gave a generational player away. Most GMs would have got more for Lively than Nico got for Luka.  The trade I don’t get at all and never will.  The concerns for a supermax I fully get even though I would have paid that if I were the GM. They could have always traded him for more than they got, supermax or not. There would always be many teams who are wallowing like the Mavs now who would give anything to have someone draw crowds in. Luka is one of the few who can draw crowds whenever he plays whether I or anyone else personally like that style of basketball or not. He is definitely a box office draw