07-06-2021, 04:52 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-06-2021, 04:53 PM by Scott41theMavs.)
Do I think Luka should have player GM-ing power a la Kyrie? No. Do I think they should ask him about KP? No.
However, if he has expressed to them of his own volition that he does not want to play with KP and has asked for KP to be traded (you know, a respectfully private version of the Kidd-Jackson thing), they would be abject fools to disrespect that. What, is Luka supposed to just bend over to their disrespect because he's a Euro? Nah. It's not about him being immature, whether that plays into it or not. A 22-year-old knows whom he can mesh with on and off the court and who he can't. If that doesn't matter, then neither does keeping your franchise player, evidently.
If Luka wants KP gone, we should be done here (short of simply finding the best deal). Of course, if Luka wants Bob gone, he should have been fired already. At a certain point, when you have the best generational talent since Lebron (as others have noted), you have a choice between respecting him, and losing him. I pray they choose the former. Finally, I recognize that there's a huge difference between Luka saying "I don't like KP" vs. "Trade KP or else." There's plenty of wiggle room with the former. Not with the latter. We don't know what Luka has said. The NMBT does, and they should therefore know what their options are.
However, if he has expressed to them of his own volition that he does not want to play with KP and has asked for KP to be traded (you know, a respectfully private version of the Kidd-Jackson thing), they would be abject fools to disrespect that. What, is Luka supposed to just bend over to their disrespect because he's a Euro? Nah. It's not about him being immature, whether that plays into it or not. A 22-year-old knows whom he can mesh with on and off the court and who he can't. If that doesn't matter, then neither does keeping your franchise player, evidently.
If Luka wants KP gone, we should be done here (short of simply finding the best deal). Of course, if Luka wants Bob gone, he should have been fired already. At a certain point, when you have the best generational talent since Lebron (as others have noted), you have a choice between respecting him, and losing him. I pray they choose the former. Finally, I recognize that there's a huge difference between Luka saying "I don't like KP" vs. "Trade KP or else." There's plenty of wiggle room with the former. Not with the latter. We don't know what Luka has said. The NMBT does, and they should therefore know what their options are.