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The Mavericks potentially made a catastrophic mistake trading Luka Doncic

I don't understand this, and I think this is potentially a catastrophic mistake. Nico Harrison has got some capital with the Mavs fans, but my God, if Luka turns into this... and the Lakers have another era and Luka has a statue outside Crypto.com and Luka puts up more banners, Nico Harrison will live in infamy.

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Feb 3, 2025
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The Luka Doncic trade is the most shocking in NBA history

It's not hyperbole to say this is probably the most shocking trade in NBA history. Just because [Doncic] is 25 years old. He's one of the top five players in the NBA. He just took his team to the finals and he gets traded to the Lakers with no bidding whatsoever.

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The Mystery Team in the Luka trade was likely invented just to make the Mavs GM feel better

There was a mystery team. I think it was added just to make [Nico Harrison] the Mavs GM feel a little better. But it seems like they did this deal... maybe you're in debt to the ownership of the Lakers. Maybe you need a favor from the Lakers at a later date.

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Kentucky fans should absolutely boo Coach Calipari when he returns with Arkansas

Coach Cal going back to Kentucky... Drop his nuts on Kentucky. That sucked for Kentucky fans. You boo him. You can celebrate him when time has passed and he's not coaching in the SEC anymore. You boo him when he comes back right now.

This is a subjective opinion on fan behavior.

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Trae Young's contract is one of the worst in the NBA

In this current day and age in the NBA... you cannot afford to have a contract on your books that's a massive overpay. And there was nobody bidding that for Trae Young. To give Trae that contract, it just, it kills you... if I would amend my statement to 'It's one of the worst contracts,' if that's what you consider a victory, then I'll concede that.

Whether a contract is the 'worst' is a subjective value judgment based on performance and cap mechanics.
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Brian WindhorstBrian Windhorst

The Wizards only gave Trae Young a max contract so they could bench him and secure the #1 pick

They already promised him they were going to sign him when they traded for him. And the reason that they did that was because they needed him to not play. Because if he had played, they might have won a bunch more games and they might have not gotten the number one pick. So they told him like, Trae, we're going to take care of you, don't worry. So we're on the same page, we're invested in you, we're going to bench you.

This is an internal report that is difficult to verify but stated with high conviction by an insider.
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Jaylen Brown's trade value around the NBA was shockingly low before his trade to Philly.

I did not have a feel for how low of a value that Jaylen Brown was in the NBA. I just didn't have a feel for it. Teams were rejecting Jaylen Brown, the offers, even for the draft picks, like three and four picks. They were rejecting it.

Windhorst is reporting directly on the offers and rejections he heard from NBA front offices during the trade sweepstakes.