Luka Dealt to Lakers: Nico Harrison is a Basketball Terrorist

[FireNicoHarrison]

I don't see how in the hell, you can form your mouth to say Reeves is useless.  You must have said this for shock value.  He's a player a number of teams would welcome with open arms. He's shown massive upside especially being an undrafted player.

You (and the 6 +1rep)have to read the entire post please, Doncic-Reaves-Lebron can't stay together on the floor because they are bad to mediocre defenders who need ball in their hands to be effective. They fit very bad.
Chicago tonight scored 146 on them. Fact.

They also will trade Reaves very soon because his next contract will be huge... 

I just hope Pelinka resigns LeBron for 4 years over Reaves so Lakers will not win it all next years.
I'm sorry for the massive Lakers fanbase here.

Let's go Mavs.

[Jym]

[SleepingHero]

Didn't know Kidd accepted a new job with the Dalla Mavericks

[WildArkieBoy]

Didn't know Kidd accepted a new job with the Dalla Mavericks

As we type, he's marking down the #77 jerseys in the empty store.  A framed photo of Pat Dumont is hanging behind the sales desk. 

wab 

[Chicagojk]

https://streamable.com/vhltxf

[RGP1981]

I'm kind of wishing that Nico had traded Luka to the Magic. That would've been so cool. Perhaps, for Paolo Banchero and picks?

Reason 1) Luka Magic
Reason 2) Luka and Franz combo
Reason 3) Banchero could have been an exciting player for the Mavs to build around.

Black, Suggs/KCP, Luka, Franz/Isaac, WCJ/Moritz

Kyrie/Hardy, Klay/Max, PJW/Naji, Paolo, Lively/Gafford

[KillerLeft]

My Insta feed is starting to fill up with Laker fans who make videos of how bad Luka's defense is.

I feel bad for pretty much everyone in this scenario, including and especially Luka.

[SleepingHero]

My Insta feed is starting to fill up with Laker fans who make videos of how bad Luka's defense is.

I feel bad for pretty much everyone in this scenario, including and especially Luka.

If Luka-only fans thought MFFL's were hard on Luka...they have another thing coming with Laker Nation. 

Luka didn't ask for that nor deserve's it.

[WildArkieBoy]

My Insta feed is starting to fill up with Laker fans who make videos of how bad Luka's defense is.
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I feel bad for pretty much everyone in this scenario, including and especially Luka.

Left, Luka's fine; Cuban, the Adelsons, Nico, not so much.  As for the Mavs, despite gifting Luka and Grimes, they still have a solid core.  My new team, the LA Lakers, have been up and down, but, I'm confident they'll be able to round out their roster in the off-season.  Say "hi" to Norm Hitzges. . . .

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[omahen]

My Insta feed is starting to fill up with Laker fans who make videos of how bad Luka's defense is.

I feel bad for pretty much everyone in this scenario, including and especially Luka.

I guess I am lucky I didn't find any good Lakers forum than

Injuries derailed Lakers a bit, especially with their brutal schedule. It was obviously difficult without LeBron and he was not near 100 % after he returned, especially on offense. Luka obviously has troubles against quicker players, especially when he doesn't give his 100 % for whatever reason, but is a good team defender. He had a bad defensive game against Indy and had good and bad quarters against Chicago. In the big picture, Lakers defense is actualy a bit better with Luka on the court and offense is much better with him. DFS is the only player with better on/off rating. Looking at just last five games - Lakers defense with Luka was bad, but wasn't good without him also (130 rating with him and 116 rating without him, neither is good). Problem has been offense. Good when Luka is on the court, but just falls apart when he was off the court (118 rating with him vs 96 rating without him).

[FireNicoHarrison]

Like i said Luka-Reaves-Lebron can't stay together on the floor not even if you have Duncan and Rodman as 4&5.

And everybody know who will is the guy expendable.

[ThisIStheYear]

The Mavs are a farm team under Nico.

[ThisIStheYear]

Like i said Luka-Reaves-Lebron can't stay together on the floor not even if you have Duncan and Rodman as 4&5.

And everybody know who will is the guy expendable.

On a serious take, I agree that the Lakers should trade Reaves. It will take a haul to get an all star caliber point guard though. The minimum acceptable offer from the Mavs would be Naji and DLive.  I’d probably do it if I were both teams. DLive is sort of a luxury if you have AD, and between Gaff and Kai, the Mavs have serviceable traditional bigs to complement AD.  The Mavs could use pick 12-14 for a stretch big (either a 4 or 5) who could truly compliment AD.  That’s probably about the best the Mavs can do. It won’t work but would be a solid team.

[omahen]

On a serious take, I agree that the Lakers should trade Reaves. It will take a haul to get an all star caliber point guard though. The minimum acceptable offer from the Mavs would be Naji and DLive.  I’d probably do it if I were both teams. DLive is sort of a luxury if you have AD, and between Gaff and Kai, the Mavs have serviceable traditional bigs to complement AD.  The Mavs could use pick 12-14 for a stretch big (either a 4 or 5) who could truly compliment AD.  That’s probably about the best the Mavs can do. It won’t work but would be a solid team.

I don't agree, that they should trade Reaves (no matter what) for two reasons:
- LeBron-Luka-Reaves Lakers actually did play very good defense before LeBron injury, even with Luka not at 100 %. Lakers after LeBron injury are not the same team. Playoffs will give a definite answer to this question
- LeBron will not be around forever or will start to seriously decline at some point. Luka will need another co-star and Reaves has been really good when LeBron was out and he was acting in a second star role. Lakers should not build for Luka-LeBron, they should build for after LeBron. No matter how this season plays out, I can see Reaves in that picture.  Reaves is a very similar player than Tyler Herro. If he would take a similar deal than Herro did for his next contract (30 mil per), it would be likely better to keep him long-term. 

But I do agree, that trading Reaves might be the only chance to improve in the short term. Naji and DLive is an interesting idea. Still, based on how Reaves is playing and that DLive has plenty of injury concerns, it feels a bit light.

[RoyTarpleysGhost]

Lakers would be shortsighted to trade Reaves. They have a young player on a great contract who keeps improving every year plus LeBron is in his 40s.

[Chicagojk]

I wouldn’t trade Lively straight up for Reeves. He needs to stay healthy though. I am really anxious to seem him without Luka to see if I am wrong about his upside or if playing with Luka made things easier for him. My thoughts are he can be one of the top 10 defenders in the league, one of the better leaders in the league and I hope eventually an offensive hub. Although the last one is quite a bit off.

[F Gump]

On a serious take, I agree that the Lakers should trade Reaves. It will take a haul to get an all star caliber point guard though. The minimum acceptable offer from the Mavs would be Naji and DLive.  I’d probably do it if I were both teams. DLive is sort of a luxury if you have AD, and between Gaff and Kai, the Mavs have serviceable traditional bigs to complement AD.  The Mavs could use pick 12-14 for a stretch big (either a 4 or 5) who could truly compliment AD.  That’s probably about the best the Mavs can do. It won’t work but would be a solid team.

Wait, are you Nico in disguise? What an awful trade proposal overpayment again. Gag.

[KillerLeft]

I wouldn’t trade Lively straight up for Reeves.  He needs to stay healthy though.  I am really anxious to seem him without Luka to see if I am wrong about his upside or if playing with Luka made things easier for him.  My thoughts are he can be one of the top 10 defenders in the league, one of the better leaders in the league and I hope eventually an offensive hub.  Although the last one is quite a bit off.

I think post-Luka Lively will still be on an obvious path to greatness, defensively. Possibly even an elevated path, given the absence of Luka and the presence of possibly the greatest defensive big man in the sport to mentor him. 

On the offensive end, though...idk, I'm pretty skeptical about Lively on that end without a pick and roll maestro to play off of him.

[Chicagojk]

I think post-Luka Lively will still be on an obvious path to greatness, defensively. Possibly even an elevated path, given the absence of Luka and the presence of possibly the greatest defensive big man in the sport to mentor him. 

On the offensive end, though...idk, I'm pretty skeptical about Lively on that end without a pick and roll maestro to play off of him.

That is fair.  I am anxious to see him again but would be fine waiting until next year.

I think his passing is already pretty good.  It is the self creation or scoring in the paint outside of an open 8 footer that needs work.

[KillerLeft]

That is fair.  I am anxious to see him again but would be fine waiting until next year.

I think his passing is already pretty good.  It is the self creation or scoring in the paint outside of an open 8 footer that needs work.

In my opinion, if the Mavs' offense depends on Lively "self creating" anything, it's all a lost cause. He's a finisher. I have no desire to watch them try to "feature" him on offense (not that I think they will).