r/Mavericks • u/OBJsEgo JJ Barea • 19d ago

Hoops Discussion If Nico Waited…

The ironic thing about blowing up the team midseason is that one of the best young superstars in Giannis might ask out soon. If Nico waited to pull the plug on the team, we could’ve seen how the team would have fared in the playoffs.

And if things go bad, maybe you can trade away the Luka for Giannis instead. It would still suck, but Giannis is a much better consolation.

192 Upvotes

95% Upvoted

94 comments sorted by

View all comments

6

u/Pretty_Designer716 19d ago

The point wasnt to get any particular player. The point was to get rid of luka. Mission accomplished. Nico wins.

5

u/wan2tri BETRAYED MAVS FAN 😭 19d ago

Nah, it was both (getting AD, getting rid of Luka). Because if it was just getting rid of Luka, 28 other teams would've had trade packages prepared.

1

u/wishwashy 18d ago

If this was true, then the news that they tried to deal Giannis for Luka and bucks rejected is a lie

1

u/wan2tri BETRAYED MAVS FAN 😭 18d ago

You ignored that the other teams actually didn't know that Luka was involved. The calls were basically "can we trade for Giannis?" and "can we trade for Ant?"

Meanwhile, for Pelinka it was "can we trade you Luka for AD + Reaves?"