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How bad was Luka Dončić’s agreement for Mavericks? Who really ‘won’ the trade?

The Dallas Mavericks launched a bomb in the world of sport during the weekend, exchanging Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers in a three team agreement with Anthony Davis as the central piece of the return package.

Dallas’s decision to separate from the 25 -year -old superstar remained a shock even days after the exchange, but what was as surprising as the mavs decision to finish Dončić’s time in Dallas was his approach to the agreement.

The general manager of Mavericks, Nico Harrison, confirmed that he approached the Lakers about the exchange of Dončić, while only another team knew it was available, according to Atlético. Such a decision essentially prevented a war of offers for one of the best players in the league.

When the dust began to settle in the agreement, the main personalities and taxpayers of Fox Sports intervened in the Dončić movement. These are some of the notable reactions to an exchange that still has a lot scratching his head.

Jason McIntyre: Mavericks made an error, but his negotiation method was not bad

Like many, McIntyre did not like the Mavericks to choose Dončić, believing that they were operating for fear that it would not live up to the extent of five years and $ 345 million for which it was eligible. McIntyre did not agree with the notion that the MAVs made an error by limiting their possible commercial partners in this agreement, however, since Dončić will become a free agent in 2026.

“It doesn’t work that way,” McIntyre said Monday. “Remember, they had to send Luka somewhere where they knew I could sign. No one will try to rent Luka for a year and then just make you walk and give up the entire franchise. I really reduced it and only three teams occurred to me that It could have gone after Luka had a war of offers. “

These teams were the Boston Celtics, the New York Knicks and the Miami Heat, with McIntyre pointing out their prestige and large market assets as reasons why they could have made a deal for Dončić. Even so, McIntyre does not believe that it would have been intelligent to create a war of offers. “At the time the League learned of Luka Dončić in the market, it would have been a total disaster,” he said. “The price would have dropped. Luka would have reviewed. Kyrie Irving and company would have been like, ‘What are we doing? We are exchanging Luka?'”

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Rachel Nichols: Mavericks’s approach was completely bad

Nichols, however, did not agree with McIntyre. She thinks that her argument is not maintained because the Lakers essentially obtained Dončić “without being seen.”

“The Lakers negotiated it without knowing what kind of contract would sign a year and a half from now on,” said Nichols. “By the way, I think that if I survey most of the teams in the League, not all, but most would take a year and a half guaranteed from Luka Dončić and say: ‘We can convince him that this is the place wants to stay. The Mavericks did it with Kyrie Irving when they changed for him and only had three months to convince him. “

The Mavericks were able to bury Irving to an agreement of several years when he was a free agent in 2023 and arrived at the NBA finals in the next season. Nichols thinks it could have happened if the Mavericks changed it to another team.

“The idea that Luka could have made a list, and they would not have had any member if it weren’t their preferred destiny, I don’t buy that,” Nichols added. “I think Luka Dončić is such an unique talent and the idea that you would have for a year and a half: look what Toronto did with Kawhi Leonard. They were like, ‘great, we have it for one year, we hope to convince him .

Rachel Nichols in Dallas Mavericks Trading Luka Doncic to the Lakers

RIC BUCHER: A fan of treatment for both teams

Bucher, an internal NBA environment for a long time, is one of the few who approved the exchange for both teams. His justification for like the treatment at the end of the Lakers was essentially the same as that of all others.

“We are seeing something we have never seen before, which is a team that makes a decision that does not involve LeBron James and basically says: ‘We have its replacement and we are turning the page’,” Bucher said Monday. “That’s what the movement has done to get Luka Dončić to “

As for why he was a fan of the agreement for the Mavericks, Bucher really thinks he makes them a “championship caliber team” this season. “If you look at the way in which the Dallas Mavericks are constituted and adds Anthony Davis to the vehicle that Luka led to the finals,” Bucher added. “I look at the NBA landscape, I love the fact that Nico Harrison said: ‘I am not buying that Luka Dončić could have taken us to the finals last year, but then he could not seal the Deal: I’m not sure if That will change.

“He was not intrepid when making this happen, and he [has] Potty everything about yourself. “

Paul Pierce: This is a great exchange to align the future of the Lakers, but LeBron and Luka can’t play together

Pierce was incredulous when he heard the news, but he quickly realized that this was an excellent way for the Lakers to begin to plan their future. On the other hand, the former NBA star had her reservations about the two superstars in Dončić and James playing together in Los Angeles, even suggesting an exchange for the 40 -year -old player as a last effort to win another championship before retirement.

“Initially, I was in shock and I didn’t believe the news,” he said. “He took a minute to register, because I thought: ‘I’ve never seen a player at his best, in MVP conversations every year, he will exchange’. Leaving a final appearance at 25 years. Moreso, ‘For What Dallas would do this that nothing? ‘ “

“They can’t play together,” Pierce continued. “They require the ball. They are dominant ball players dictating Luka. [were] The Lakers would change Bron to start that early process. He will give Bron another opportunity to win a championship because it will not happen in this team. You can change Bron A … Cleveland. You know, if you can recover an Evan Mobley, combining with Donovan Mitchell and [Darius] Guirnalda … do that.

“Because I still feel that LeBron got enough in the tank to win a championship, but is not happening here in Los Angeles.”

Chris Broussard: It is not a good adjustment and the Lakers will not be contenders

While Dončić and James can dominate a court on his own, Broussard, such as Pierce, fears that the two scorers have difficulties to coexist if their respective game styles continue. Broussard’s main concern is the defense of the Lakers, since he believes that the team will now be worse without Davis.

“I don’t think they are a contender,” he said. “Defensively, they will be horrible. If LeBron tries to be the great defender again, he will probably be hurt. He cannot leave and do that. Luka is possibly the worst defender in the ball in the league.

“I think it’s a difficult adjustment because Luka puts the ‘B’ on the dominant ball. I mean, he is more dominant in the ball that lebron at his best, and I think Luka can’t play outside the ball. foot there.

“I think they are now a step back. It’s about chemistry and adjustment.”

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