Alright so i had a full day to take this in and i still cant figure out what the mavs were thinking other than they didnt want to pay luka the supermax of 5/350 he was due.  But at 25 years old and literally being able to compete every year just because ypu habe luka is crazy.  The conspiracy theorists are goijg to be full throttle on this one. Lakers have the face of their franchise now once bron goes.  With that being all said i actually think dallas has a better chance to win now with AD over luka.

Breaking news. AGAIN!

De'Aaron Fox traded to Spurs, Zach LaVine to Kings in 3-team trade





Its been days since the humor, and today, the Kings send FOX to the San Antonio and get Zach for their team.
Did Fox request the trade ?

I'll try to answer each of your questions based on what I know and believe. I might be wrong, but it's my opinion still.
You said it that the Mavericks are the one who initiated a trade, and the mindset of their GM is that "Defense wins games", and who's the perfect fit for that role? AD so they risked it all, traded their face of the franchise for a player that's averaging around 25 PPG and 11 RPG, but at the same time, a reliable paint defender.  On the flip side, Luka is a liability when it comes to defense, and it doesn't align with what the GM has said hence, the trade happened.

Just for context, Davis is now way healthier than he is in his first years in when he went to LA. Just last season, he played more than 70+ games, and this year, he played in 42 of the first 47 games in LA. That shows that he's healthier now and wasn't as fragile as he is in the past, and this is a good improvement for him that made him a reliable paint defender.

As for the conditioning part, I don't see any reasons to disagree with it TBH. He's now weighing 270 pounds, a 40-pound increase when he was still rookie, and maybe for the management, they see Luka as the "NEXT ZION" hence, they traded him. He's a liability on defense TBH. He's like Harden back when he's on Brooklyn. He's one of the best in offense, but shit on defense.

That's why it's a shocker for the NBA world because nobody expected that an MVP candidate like Luka will be traded at this young. Can't blame Mavs' GM though.

Both parties didn't expect that they got traded based on the reports. Luka, Davis and even Lebron don't know what happened until it happened. As for the availability of Luka, it's still unknown on when he will come back.

Yes, they initiated the trade because they're on a "win-mode" now. Davis is still injured, but in terms of health, Davis is the one that's healthier right now compared to Luka.

It will... only if they will not win this season because as much as I want AD to be on the Mavericks, they wasted a generational talent like Luka. I guess let's just see how this trade will go further this season. We also said at the Knicks-Wolves trade during the off-season that the Randle-KAT trade was just fair, but we are seeing who's the winner right now. Let's wait for this one as well. I just hope that the Lakers will somehow manage to sustain their 5th spot now that they don't have any reliable paint defender anymore.

Here are the fans reacting to Luka being traded, hopefully Nico Harris won't regret this decision, but as fans yeah, you understand their sentiments.
Most likely, they blame Luka for his injuries because of his lack of self discipline of having a good condition. But he will be teaming up with Lebron, obviously, he has insane conditioning at his age so we really don't know if it can rub in to Luka.

Luka has arrived in LA already, https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3LpjLPyOVPI

I thought I'm the only one that had this feeling where the Kings really lost on this trade.

I mean getting a player that's has considered one of the worst contracts currently is already a loss for them. Add also the fact that they lost a 3-pt specialist in Huerter (even though he isn't given enough minutes on SAC this regular season). The Spurs won with this one big time as they gave up almost nothing and getting an all-star player in Fox in return. They didn't trade players like Castle, Johnson, Sochan, and Vassell, and they only gave Tre Jones which is a role player for them. As for the Bulls, they're trying to tank this season to get a high draft pick.

Whatever the case is, the Spurs are slowly becoming better and better, and with lots of draft picks on their hands, they can just trade some of their players plus draft picks just to get another all-star. Of course, it will not be this season, but during the off-season. I hope that Coach Pop will be back so he can coach Fox and Wemby together.

The justification of the GM of Mavericks said that they're all in for the defense. I think that it makes sense and they're seeing Luka as slow and more of offense.

They've got now Kyrie and Klay so, they've got scorers already. That means they now have a big three and not just twin towers.

AD looks going to be fine here and he's even complaining while being in the Lakers that they need a center or helper. Now with the Mavs, he's got it not just one but two.

I like this trade. Wemby + CP13 + Fox. This is a good one and I hope that there will be no other trades that will happen and they will compose this roster until they reach a championship. I'm not sure if Fox did this but I have seen news in the past that he's looking for a home and wanting to get that chip out. With the Kings, last past seasons they've shown great but I don't think they'd do better with Zach. Might be a good decision for the management but not for the team.

Fox and Wemby are both young and are superstars, so them playing together should really boost the team's performance. I guess the trade was necessary to help the Kings improve especially since it looked like Fox wasn't too happy when DeRozan joined the team. Now, Zach and DeRozan are back as teammates. It's almost like the Kings are turning into the Bulls, huh?

Good catch for Spurs both Wemby and Fox are young and bringing decent players that will help them to build that competitive team again, I think that's a good decision for Spurs, while with Kings like what you've mentioned Lavine and DeRozan don't have that kind of blends playing together, maybe there's a catch behind or they trust the coach to bring outthe best for both players..

In terms of Butler no update yet maybe another surprise for the fans, let see if where he's heading and who's going to be traded for him.

Surprisingly I stumbled upon a youtube video today about the Luka trade and that person predicted this in a video 5 months ago. I find it so interesting. Other than that person I don't think there was anyone at all that could even think this kind of trade. But, IMO Dallas is right about some things. I hate to see that Luka's talent is kind of being wasted with him being not in his best shape. He is one of the best players ever and he should be more professional about his diet and exercise. I don't think Mavericks is too wrong about this trade. It could very well work for them. AD is a beast.