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seems unlikely, but gotta have goals.

 

nobody saw lebron coming until like, a couple months before at the earliest.

 

They attempted to "Overpay" a rookie college coach too who was coming off back to back Division I championships. But Jeanie doesn't want to win .... only interested in ticket and merchandise sales ..... allegedly from some.



Seems to me that the pursuit of Thompson is what allowed other FAs we were also interested in apparently not quite as much to get away in the interim.

 

What else do you want Jeanie to do ? She is absolutely catering every LeBron’s needs to win him a title . She gets the HC that LeBron wants , she gets the players that LeBron wants, she drafts his son when we don’t even need him . Maybe just maybe Jeanie’s hands are tight until somebody goes away and take his talent somewhere else.

it’s in our nature to hate a woman in charge

 

Last time I checked, Luka’s game wasn’t completely dependent upon his chiseled body.

 

Luka always returns fat from offseason. He and Jokic have a different approach to sports. It's a part of their life, not their entire life. They still manage to be the best so there's not really much it should be done

 

Looks good to me

 

yeah, they tried to move dlo and offer thompson more cash, but gs wasn't biting. not much you can do.

he does look SUPER chonky there, lol. not great.

i do think pika has a point, though--luka does this every year, and every year shows up and kicks everyone's a**. he's not the defensive liability he's billed to be, either, especially come playoff time. he was injured in this year's playoffs, and teams still had some trouble picking on him, imo.

as far as wanting to win--like lebron, luka IS winning. he and 4 scrubs gives you a shot. he, one other star, and good role players, and you're a contender. he knows that. he doesn't have to pull a durant and walk into a ready-made environment. he needs to work in a place that excites him and that he believes can put pieces around him to win. we need to show we're that. we did that for lebron even coming off the worst period in franchise history. it's not too tall a task, imo.

luka ain't lamarcus aldridge. he doesn't need a security blanket. he has all the confidence in the world.

...lol, this part of why he's fat right now.

 

Magic “ claps” back

 

lol, love the ring smack. wish we would have said...is making the right read on a perimeter double team "skill"?

 

He was the best guard defender in the post last season and one of the best in the league. He plays a lot of minutes every season and is always in the MVP discussion.
But sure, it's me and you who can't make 3 FTs in a row or run 20 miles that know how he should manage his shape lol
He's not Zion, where it affects his output and I think fans can judge it and comment on it. But if the guy is one of the best in the world and is growing a legacy among the greats, I humbly take the approach of shut my mouth and just let him be him

As on the more interesting conversation, I think if Dallas don't win a ring in the next couple of years, there's a very good shot Luka moves out. He was winning important European titles when he was 16, he's an elite talent since early age and he surely wants to win an NBA title. Giannis and Jokic already got it as Europeans in the NBA during his tenure, so there's really no excuse for him not to win. Dallas moved closer but it's reaching a time where being closer is not enough.

His next contract runs during his peak prime and I'm sure he wants the best shot to get that ring (likely multiple because his talent is 'multiple title deserving'). I would also say that he looks like he won't play that long in the NBA and should retire early or even come to Europe, putting more pressure in his next window.

AD is a great complement to Luka in both sides of the court. Just sayin'

 

the salary differences at this point mean basically nothing, imo. luka's great grandchildren will already live well no matter what happens. and the european players seem to understand this moreso than the americans, tbh. he's already won there.

what he's interested in is legacy. dirk already planted his flag in dallas in a way that only multiple championships could surpass. and even then, that's dirk, man! i could totally see luka wanting to be put on a rushmore with magic, lebron, kobe, and kareem. this is what we offer.

my god, man. do you not think most of these guys are going out drinking (or much worse) a good chunk of the time? michael jordan was getting hammered and gambling all night before games.

boston went after him because he was playing his third straight series on a knee injury and they had five ball-handler/shooters. nobody else could do s*** with it.

i don't know how this became a front office conspiracy. of course we'd try to lure the nba's best player here. it's kind of what we do.

hoping for luka has the same odds as tanking for lotto balls. actually, it has much, much better odds, given our franchise history. you think this is hopium--i think teams trying to sell their long, slow build through hitting singles and eventually the lotto when tim duncan is there is the ultimate hopium.

you can bet against us getting luka (or luka staying upright, i guess). fine. safe bet. another safe bet is that 28 other teams that are employing strategies you prefer will also remain ringless. at least our formula has worked for us several times over.

 

luka could be in better shape. he's like harden. it took until harden was 34 for it (sort of) catch up to him.

i just can't decide if the argument is that luka isn't great or that he's not coming.

he most certainly is great.

he may not come, but it's a better plan than any other i can think of, tbh.

 

Bit of a nuke there by Magic. Lol

 

I'll take fat, zero D Luka, over any player in the NBA. Im biassed though, i followed him in Europe and him wearing P&G would be a dream come true (not happening in the next 5-6 years though).