NBA pasaule reaģē uz trakāko maiņu līgas vēsturē: Lebrona sapnis piepildījies

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Windhorst: "This is not about the Lakers, not really about LeBron. It's about the Mavs & Luka Doncic…One of the biggest most stunning trades in the history of the league…My phone's exploded…Basically a rebuke of Doncic…Mavs saying they don't think they can win w… pic.twitter.com/TYlvJ8I6z8

— New York Basketball (@NBA_NewYork) February 2, 2025

Huh?????

— Josh Hart (@joshhart) February 2, 2025

Shams got hacked?

— Tyrese Haliburton (@TyHaliburton22) February 2, 2025

April fools right?

— Jalen Brunson (@jalenbrunson1) February 2, 2025

There are major financial implications for Luka Doncic with this trade.

He was in line to receive a five-year $345M contract this summer.

Doncic is no longer super max eligible.

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) February 2, 2025

LeBron James learned of the Davis-Doncic trade after the Knicks game when it broke while he was out to dinner with his family, sources close to James told ESPN. James was surprised by the news, is processing it and had no idea it was in the works, sources said.

— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) February 2, 2025

WOWWWWW NO F WAY

— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) February 2, 2025

Mikal Bridges and Rudy Gobert were traded for 5 first round picks, Luka got Dallas one.

— ry (@NinjaBands) February 2, 2025

Craziest trade in NBA history ?

— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) February 2, 2025

Wait what?

— Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) February 2, 2025

Just a week ago Anthony Davis was talking to Shams about Lakers trade deadline needs.

Cold business
pic.twitter.com/Uuk0NJAbcw

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) February 2, 2025

Luka Doncic was traded for one 1st round pick.

Rudy Gobert was traded for four first round picks. pic.twitter.com/V9jZILInFN

— StatMuse (@statmuse) February 2, 2025

I've been covering the NBA for 37 years. Almost nothing that happens – deals, free agent signings, coach hirings/firings – rises to the level of, as the great Ben Bradlee used to call them, "Holy S--t" stories. You just get used to the unexpected.
This is a "Holy S--t" trade.

— David Aldridge (@davidaldridgedc) February 2, 2025

wtf ?????

— Tyler Herro (@raf_tyler) February 2, 2025

Dončić has been informed of the trade, I'm told, which was agreed upon late Saturday and immediately ranks as one of the most stunning trade thunderbolts in NBA history. https://t.co/0yeSQB9eh8

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) February 2, 2025

Truly cannot wrap my head around this. Only way it makes a shred of sense is if Luka has been pressuring Dallas to trade him. But in that case, there are so many teams that could've blown LA's offer out of the water. This is the weirdest, most surprising news break of my career.

— Andy Bailey (@AndrewDBailey) February 2, 2025

Holy shit

— Jalen Brunson (@jalenbrunson1) February 2, 2025

♟️!!

— Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) February 2, 2025

Luka Doncic at the age of 25:

— 5x All-Star
— 5x 1st Team All-NBA
— ROTY
— 2nd all-time in playoff PPG
— 3rd all-time in PPG
— 6th all-time in playoff triple-doubles
— 7th all-time in triple-doubles

Traded for a pick and a 31 year old. pic.twitter.com/AdcNdqrqBl

— StatMuse (@statmuse) February 2, 2025

Shams has not been hacked

This is real https://t.co/fnUgihd90A

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) February 2, 2025

“I believe that defense wins championships,” Mavs GM Nico Harrison told ESPN regarding his motivation to trade Luka Doncic for Anthony Davis. “I believe that getting an All-Defensive center and an All-NBA player with a defensive mindset gives us a better chance. We’re built to… https://t.co/iPfQvA4str

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) February 2, 2025

Early word on all of this:

Apparently a rift had been forming between Anthony Davis and Lakers management, especially after his sit-down interview with ESPN.

This trade JUST came together in the last few hours with nobody around the league knowing about it.

— Brett Siegel (@BrettSiegelNBA) February 2, 2025

😳

— Dirk Nowitzki (@swish41) February 2, 2025

Luka getting traded from Dallas has to have a deeper story behind it. This just doesn’t happen on a random Saturday night.

— Tristan Thompson (@RealTristan13) February 2, 2025

I can’t tell what’s real and fake anymore on these apps. Luka really going to the lakers or nah ?

— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) February 2, 2025

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— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) February 2, 2025

Bro asked for a center, they gave him Gafford

— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) February 2, 2025

Am I insane for not understanding this?

— Russillo (@ryenarussillo) February 2, 2025

Nah shams gotta be hacked 💀

— Alex Caruso (@ACFresh21) February 2, 2025

🤯

— De'Aaron Fox (@swipathefox) February 2, 2025

Luka to the Lakers is dangerous… pic.twitter.com/SkBDkQqIh6

— AB (@AB84) February 2, 2025

Matisse Thybulle and Jerami Grant finding out about the Luka Doncic for Anthony Davis trade pic.twitter.com/SzOXKOgt7p

— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) February 2, 2025

Lakers didn’t even have to give up Bronny?!

— Brandon Walker (@BFW) February 2, 2025

Did somebody steal shams phone??

— 13am Adebayo (@Bam1of1) February 2, 2025

Can’t even do that trade in 2k, man. I can’t even believe Rob and Jeanie pulled this shit off, man. They wasted 5 years of AD and LeBron together just to walk into his fuckery of a heist

— Ballsack Sports (@BallsackSports) February 2, 2025

Don’t take LeBron James for granted.

— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) February 2, 2025

HOW DO YOU GO FROM KOBE TO BRON TO LUKA

— Dom2K 🎅🎇 (@Dom_2k) February 2, 2025

Whole league is in shambles 💀 pic.twitter.com/UK1aVjBadg

— LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) February 2, 2025

every fucking time the lakers look like they're about to die they either sign a generational guy or fleece the fuck out of someone in a trade, kareem was a signing, shaq was a signing, pau gasol was a fleecing, lebron was a signing, davis was a fleecing, luka was a fleecing

— Ochai Latte (@nasimali) February 2, 2025

YOU CANT EVEN MAKE THAT TRADE IN 2K SIMULATION ACTUALLY. I JUST CHECKED

— SJ (@SJBasketball8) February 2, 2025

i don’t think i’ve ever seen a trade so absurd that people straight up refused to believe it was real

— todd bonzalez (@doinkpatrol) February 2, 2025

The Lakers are too big to fail. Every time they’re gonna collapse someone hands them a bailout. It’s incredible.

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) February 2, 2025

THE SPURS HAVE THE MAVS SWAP IN 2030???????????

LMAOOOOOOO?????????????

BRIAN WRIGHT MASTERCLASS??????

— J (@jtakuz) February 2, 2025

Who in their right mind watches Luka Doncic do this and then trades him less than a year later?pic.twitter.com/zk5Dkc5MLC

— Michael Bier (@MichaelJBier) February 2, 2025

Imagine the phone call

Mavs- “we want AD”

Lakers- “not available”

Mavs- “for Luka”

Lakers- “AD will be there in the morning”

— Tony Niehaus (@BigT44DFS) February 2, 2025

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— g (@freewave3) February 2, 2025

Dallas had contacted several teams this week, looking to reroute additional salary for a potential three-team deal, sources said.

A bunch of teams knew inklings about the Mavericks being close on a trade.

Nobody knew it was trading Luka Doncic.

— Jake Fischer (@JakeLFischer) February 2, 2025

trade so insane 2k can't even conceive of it https://t.co/DIpUZBlXP9 pic.twitter.com/gd0ZE0f9cm

— Samson Folk (the coach) (@samfolkk) February 2, 2025

David Stern would have vetoed this trade

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) February 2, 2025

Do yall know what Luka gonna do to the Mavs when he see them??? LMAOOOOO

— Niko (@nikotaughtyou) February 2, 2025

To go from Jerry, Wilt, Baylor, Kareem, Magic, Shaq, Kobe, LeBron and now Luka frickin Doncic is just insane man.

— Esfandiar Baraheni (@JustEsBaraheni) February 2, 2025

Guarantee other teams are going to complain to the league office about this. Fantasy league managers veto stuff like this.

— Andy Bailey (@AndrewDBailey) February 2, 2025

Devin Booker’s reaction to the trade in the middle of the game…His reaction is all of us. 🤯

(via @mikeyduran)

pic.twitter.com/5eVdhm7VCu

— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) February 2, 2025

LeBron and Luka I don’t see fitting

— Paul Pierce (@paulpierce34) February 2, 2025

This like the Lakers getting 2009 LeBron from the Cavs for Pau Gasol

— Ballsack Sports (@BallsackSports) February 2, 2025

No supermax for Luka Doncic with the Lakers. You can only get the supermax (35% of the cap max extension) from the team that drafts you or if you are traded while still on your rookie scale deal.

Pending when he extends, 5 years/$296M is the max Doncic could get from the Lakers. https://t.co/Kp2auYYHvr

— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) February 2, 2025

That trade makes absolutely no sense man. I’m legit questioning my fandom right now. We drafted one of the best players to ever touch a basketball and then traded him at the age of 25 coming off a finals run.

— Jo (@MavsStan41) February 2, 2025

Seventeen years ago today, the Lakers acquired Pau Gasol from the Memphis Grizzlies in a deal that added another chapter to Kobe Bryant's LA legacy and eventually led to two Lakers championships.

Tonight, the Lakers acquired Luka Dončić in a deal that will add another chapter to… pic.twitter.com/mkMJvp7ArA

— The Athletic NBA (@TheAthleticNBA) February 2, 2025

Outside of Jokic, Wemby, Giannis and maaaaaybe Shai, I can’t think of a single NBA player they couldn’t have gotten for Luka. Booker, Tatum, Ant… all those dudes would be traded in a heartbeat for Luka… and you got one pick and AD??

— kang (@jaycaspiankang) February 2, 2025

Word is new Mavs forward Anthony Davis is good with going to Dallas and has a solid relationship with team president Nico Harrison’s dating back to the latter’s Nike days. Now Davis also has centers to play next to him in Dallas.

— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) February 2, 2025

In my young adulthood…these are the three most shocking NBA news alerts I have ever heard:

1. LeBron to the heat
2. KD to the warriors
3. Luka to the lakers

Insanity!!

— Austin Rivers (@AustinRivers25) February 2, 2025

The Mavs had major concerns about moving forward with Luka Doncic due to his constant conditioning issues and the looming commitment of another supermax contract extension this summer, sources told ESPN.

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) February 2, 2025

You don't trade a 5x 1st-team All-NBA member in his prime who's willed two different teams to deep playoff runs before the age of 26 after going ALL IN on him.

You just don't.

— Esfandiar Baraheni (@JustEsBaraheni) February 2, 2025

Dalllas won in this trade. AD and Kyrie are going to be Special!!!! Plus they didn’t have to give up Lively, Gafford or PJ Washington. God Bless America

— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) February 2, 2025

"Insane. It's crazy, crazy."

Kevin Durant on mega Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade.

"Players are held to a different standard of loyalty and commitment to a program but the organizations don't get held to that same standard from the outside."

On teams following suit before Feb.… pic.twitter.com/DekP4eRN6N

— Duane Rankin (@DuaneRankin) February 2, 2025

After decades of NEVER getting a free agent to choose Dallas, we finally had a superstar who loved this city and wanted to be a lifer here.

And they just shipped him away for nothing.

— MavsMuse (@MavsMuse) February 2, 2025

END OF AN ERA:

✅ Each averaged 25+ PPG, 10+ RPG in the Finals
✅ Most dominant Finals duo since Shaq and Kobe
✅ 2020 NBA champions
✅ 1st ever NBA Cup champions pic.twitter.com/bpzvvtjYID

— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) February 2, 2025

SILVER PUT IN THE CALL TO FIX THE RATINGS https://t.co/25RKiqByXF

— Subscribe to the You Know Ball Patreon (@TrillBroDude) February 2, 2025

Generational fumble pic.twitter.com/PYDfWXOz98

— New York Basketball (@NBA_NewYork) February 2, 2025

Mavs could win the title THIS YEAR w AD and it wouldn’t mean 10% of what it would mean to win one with LD to Mavs fans. We’d keep him every fucking time. That’s what I can’t comprehend with this decision. He’s spent his entire career here. He was OUR GUY.

— Ty (@ballknowsTy) February 2, 2025

"It's crazy man. I really don't know what to say about it. Luka being a guy that everybody has claimed is untouchable and untradeable. The NBA shows you again."

Devin Booker on colossal Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade.

"It's a business. They're always having a conversation… pic.twitter.com/p2DdVR7u3N

— Duane Rankin (@DuaneRankin) February 2, 2025

Dorian Finney-Smith just became SO much more important to the Lakers pic.twitter.com/4f0H95pZMv

— Esfandiar Baraheni (@JustEsBaraheni) February 2, 2025

Mavs fans reaction live outside American Airlines Center

“This is the WORST day in Dallas Mavericks HISTORY!” #MFFL pic.twitter.com/FcmeHXZMgK

— Jake Riepma (@jake_riepma) February 2, 2025

Wizards won for the first time in a month, Luka Doncic got traded, the Lakers beat the Knicks in NY - the NBA is delivering some fun chaos tonight.

— Dean Oliver (@DeanO_Lytics) February 2, 2025

When I asked a Mavericks official what they envision getting in Davis, I was pointed to Cleveland's formidable frontcourt of Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen.

Initially it'll be Davis-Gafford and eventually Davis and heavy doses of Dereck Lively II and Gafford.

— Brad Townsend (@townbrad) February 2, 2025

Legitimately, unless Luka Doncic is a serial killer, I don’t understand how this happens.

— Saad Yousuf (@SaadYousuf126) February 2, 2025

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— LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) February 2, 2025

Here’s why I don’t buy spin: if it’s really just about the Mavs concerns about weight and Luka was actually happy there, Mavs would have just just waited and done the supermax this summer and then worked to move him after they had established max trade leverage via new contract

— Nate Jones (@JonesOnTheNBA) February 2, 2025

Kevin Pelton gave the Mavs a grade of F on the trade. Utter failure, he says. "Secondarily, Davis' fit in Dallas is questionable." https://t.co/djKNPYqC3k pic.twitter.com/KiKE6MxZyh

— Dean Oliver (@DeanO_Lytics) February 2, 2025

Kyrie Irving was also stunned by the Luka-AD trade. I’m told he was doing a training session in Cleveland when he saw the news come across from @ShamsCharania

— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) February 2, 2025