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[jimmy olsen]

Luka for AD and one 1st round pick.

New Mavs owner must be broke or on crack. WTF

Yeah. I am shocked.

My only explanation is that Luka demanded to be traded to the Lakers and the Dallas owner just got what he could get.

But why? Sure, the Mavs got trounced by the Celtics but I didn't think the logical conclusion was that Dallas had no chance in the future and Luka needed to leave.

I don't know man. This seems really really bad for the NBA though. Can we just let the Lakers suck a bit? It would be good for them.

Apparently Luka didn't ask for it and they didn't even give him a heads up before the trade.

Rumors that the new owner wants to kill interest in the team so she can move it to Vegas.

[The Minsky Moment]

Doncic was up for a big contract boost, and all of his numbers are down so far this year.  I'm not completely surprised Dallas decided to move him; the return is harder to explain.

[Barrister]

Rumors that the new owner wants to kill interest in the team so she can move it to Vegas.

Who on earth would want to trade Dallas for Las Vegas as your home market?

[celedhring]

Isn't Vegas already nearly certain to get a team whenever the NBA expands, anyway?

[Barrister]

Isn't Vegas already nearly certain to get a team whenever the NBA expands, anyway?

I thought that was Seattle?

Vegas made a certain sense when the NHL went in.  They were the first pro team there, plus they had initial success, so they managed to build a genuine local following.

But now you have the Raiders, and soon the A's - isn't the market pretty saturated for what is a smallish metro area (minus all the tourists that is)?  You go in as the Las Vegas Mavs (or whatever) - now you're the fourth pro team?