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Quote Originally Posted by VaughnP View Post

A 25 year old who lead the league in scoring last year, lead his team to the finals, is statistically a top 10 player all time in efficiency, and is on his way to being one of the most marketable athletes in the world for a 32 year old center who averages playing roughly 50 games a year - make it make sense.

https://twitter.com/espn/status/1885920796985495949
Even if he was trying to force way out only to Lakers, for this return, it still doesn’t make sense. You would never rush this. Like at minimum Deshaun Watson level shit, but more like multiple pending sexual assault allegations is like the only thing that would make this make sense given his value in an open market.

That’s not happening, but that’s what it would take for me to not want to burn the arena down if I’m a serious Mavs fan.
Word on the street is the Mavs just are sick of Luka. They were on the hook to pay him $345M next year, and they were frustrated that Luka comes in fat every training camp. They attribute his weight to his injuries. I can't stand the NBA, but every now and again I go to a game live when I get invited for free. Two years ago I attended a Mavs game, and Luka scored like 28 points, but he was laboring to get back and forth on the court. He also took plays off not even to attempt to hustle. Now that could have been an aberration, I don't know since the only time I watch an NBA game is if I have money on it. But if its a consistent theme I can see the GM thinking lets get what we can for the guy and move on. It's not like weight issues get better when you get older, its not unfathomable when his metabolism shuts down at age 30 he comes into camp 280 lbs. I think the Mavs probably think there are plenty of shooters in the NBA, and Anthony Davis could very well have a Kareem type career where he lasts until age 40. You can't teach height.