[Luka Doncic] on if he could see himself playing for the Mavs again: “Right now I’m just focused on the Lakers. No further comments.”
The fuck question is that?
It was a follow up to the Nico Harrison question. Like wtf lol
a pathetic attempt to start some shit lol
“Luka your ex just broke up with her bf, would you dump your gf and get back together with your ex?”
Yea actually made me angy as he was asking it like, “oh I just have to ask this” like no you fucking don’t. You could see Luka’s reaction is just disappointment in humanity. Like yea it’s on such a small level but like my thoughts on that is that man you’re just a terrible human being for asking it as you’re telling him you know you shouldn’t ask it.
lmao it’s not that deep lil bro😂😂😂
That’s a malicious thing to ask. I’m glad luka didn’t get tripped up by it. I’d ban that guy.
What did they expect him to say? “Oh fuck yeah Nico’s gone bye Lakers?”
“I’m rescinding my extension. I’m ready to help Cooper become the next LaRavia.”
Alright that’s enough for me, see you in 2028 king
Luka finally going to join the Kings?
Didn’t they get bagley? Isn’t he much better? That’s why they drafted him ahead of Luka. Right?
By summer 2028, we’d have 21 year old Coop, 20-21 year old high pick from this draft, 25 year old Lively and old man Hermano Kai to entice him back. I truly, truly believe if we position ourselves correctly we have a good shot to bring him back.
yea, you’ll send us 21 year old coop in exchange for luka 😂
Trade in some dogshit contract so you can trade him for an expiring in a couple years time
I’m sure he wants to give up another super max contract. Ridiculous lol
He can’t get another super max. Every team in the league will be able to give him the same contract in 2028. Lakers will be able to give him 8% increases while everyone else can give him 5% increases. Mavs have no state income tax so there would be no difference.
You are correct, my apologies. But the Lakers can offer him more and he gets much more exposure in LA. Doubt he leaves that on the table. Pointless to really talk about considering this is 3 years from now. But I get Mavs fans need copium (no disrespect) so understandable.
Am I reading too much or is he saying there’s a chance?
It’s how I heard it too lol
Generally players say something like “I’m cool” when asked things like this. Luka didn’t complete dismiss the possibility
Nah yall are delusional
Lmfao
This is incredible mental gymnastics lmao
Yeah he definitely was not shutting it down , I genuinely think the ownership needs to do a lot of apologizing but I do think there is a world where he goes back
If ownership came groveling, Dirk was in a decent position and if there were people he truly trusted, I could see him be open to it. Assuming the Lakers don’t win a chip with him and even then I could see him pulling a “Cleveland this is for you” for Dallas.
LeBron is a good comparison. One of the ugliest sports breakups ever with The Decision and Dan Gilbert’s comic sans letter. Then four years later LeBron was on the team again.
Hes definitely going back after his contract runs out. Unless they can actually assemble a team around him, but let’s be real. Its the lakers
Realistically if he ever does come back (which had like a 10% chance of happening), it’s probably going to be his last few years in the nba
Nah .. the Lakers will take care of him like they did with Kobe… Max him out even when he’s on the decline as a thank you for what he’s done for the organization
It’s the Laker way
The only thing that’s gonna make is if they can build a competitive team
Always a chance, not many people thought LeBron would go back to Cleveland after how he left and the bad blood between him and Dan Gilbert but Gilbert apologized somewhat and they got over it, so did the fans that were burning his jersey
And Luka is loved in Dallas, so it would be easier, they would just need to apologize profusely
Also I doubt he goes back unless ownership and management changes completely and its people he likes
They need Dirk to take a bigger role, someone like that could convince him
There’s always a chance. It’s not likely, but who knows what will happen 5 years from now
It’s very likely lol
It’s so sad because you could easily see a world where Luka only played for the Mavs for his whole career and something he may have been planning on.
The Luka Mavs thing is so fucking tragic specifically because I genuinely believe neither Luka or the fans would’ve parted ways. I just have gotten the vibe from so many Dallas fans that they would’ve rather never won a chip but tried every year with Luka than trade him for parts and get a chip or 2 out of it.
Also, on Luka’s end too- he saw himself as such a Dallas lifer, I couldn’t see him leaving if the organization acted like 29 other normal teams in terms of the priority to keep him. It didn’t matter if Dallas somehow never won with Luka, if the FO didn’t build around hi’—he would’ve just stayed forever and kept trying. It’s really is so fucking (sports) tragic.
As a mavs fan, you’re right. I would have rather lost with Luka. We felt the same with Dirk. We weren’t just invested in the mavs but also Dirk’s journey. That’s why 2011 was so special. It was a Dirk championship story as much as a mavs one, if not more.
What an honest and true take bro. That WAS the Mavs culture. Win or lose, we ride with our star player to the end. Mark Cuban stepping away really hurt us too. You can see and feel how loyal we are. We chased Nico out of every sports stadium in Texas, hockey, baseball you name it! They had to build a secret stairway for Nico to leave home games if things got too carried away. These are all documented facts. I know Luka will come back with the loyalty that we’ve shown and hopefully with Dirk there to push him along, we WILL reunite. What an Epic story that would be!!!
I mean, they went to the finals and then got better, that team had a very typical path to a title. I can see how they would’ve been last years champions with Luka over OKC
I think we had a chance for sure, but I think that team had their chance to win a chip. I think OKC has this shit on lock for a while now.
the trade still doesn’t make sense. like even after all this time, I still don’t think we’re getting the full story. there was no reason for Nico and Mavs front office to do this. something else happened that they’re not telling us.
With how much the mavs said after the trade no way they wouldn’t have said it if something big happened
unless the league won’t let them
It’s simple- viewership of the nba was in the shitter so what better way to get people talking and watching again than adding a generational superstar in his prime to the most popular team in the league?
It worked and Dallas gets cooper flagg as collateral
This talking point has got to stop man.
Nico did this shit on his own accord man, end of. The adelsons literally don’t understand a single thing about basketball. Dumont not doing his due dilligence is why he was traded, not because of some conspiracy theory with ratings.
Nico talked Dumont into it. He had reasons like not wanting to offer the supermax/would he accept it + his weight issues/availability. Dumont believed it and greenlit the trade
i ain’t hear a no, we’ll save you a spot with coop and darryn peterson in 2028 my prince 🙏
Taurean Prince? You guys better get Darvin Ham too. That man fuckin love Prince.
Come home mijo
He’s done with that poverty franchise
what a massive hoe
I didn’t hear a no.
So you’re telling me there’s a chance?
Anyone else bumping on that use of “Right now”?
just enough hope to fuel my delusions
One look at comments on the Lakers sub after any loss and he just might.
2028 can come sooner
a lot of people really wanna live in fantasy land. Nico was merely a symptom of the Mavs cancer.. It also lies within the ownership of the team. Luka can love the “fans” all he wants but he is not going to go back and play under an owner that publicly called him out and trashed him.
Lebron did it after the entire city, to include the owners trashed him. I don’t see it happening but we can dream. He can win 2-3 championships with lakers and will only be a guy. If he came back in his prime to the mavs, the connection between him and the city would even surpass what Dirk had.
LeBron did it for the city because that’s his actual birthplace and home. If it was say, the Wizards? He isn’t doing that shit lol. I understand where you’re coming from but it really is not the same situation at all. Luka obviously has a connection with the city of Dallas and the Mavs fanbase but at the end of the day there is a lot more to it than just loving the fans.. especially with how poorly it was handled from top to bottom within the Organization, not even accounting for the bullshit Nico said.
He’s always going to have love for the City of Dallas and all of y’all but he is now in a new situation. With his loyalty and admiration for the Lakers org and legacy players like Kobe, he isn’t going to throw that away. He’s going to work to be side by side with those players in the teams’ history. You of all people should know that. I can see him going back at the end of his career though.
I agree. It’s delusional to think so but screw it. That’s all we got right now. But realistically, in 3 years, so much of both teams will be so different that the connection to dallas will really be faded.
I get it. He’s always going to love y’all though and that connection will always be there for life. It’s a shame it was handled the way it was, truly. You guys didn’t deserve it at all.
If he wins three rings with LA he will only be a guy with a statue outside of crypto
Why would he go from a contender to a dumpster fire 😂
Not only is that an annoying, unnecessary ass question in a vacuum, the timing of it after getting belt to ass by the Suicide Squad is insane
He gaaawwwnnn
I think my least favorite part of this trade (there’s millions) is that Luka finally got a good roster after 6 years and then was traded to a team with one that’s mediocre at best especially around him. Hopefully part of the Mavs fire sale goes to the Lakers. PJ and Gafford or something!
Giannis is in that dark zone now, worse than even Luka had it. But, he has a solid roster early. Jokic has always had a good roster aside from those injury years. Shai has nothing before his superstar rise but that’s different. Since he’s been elite his team was good and is now amazing, with a million picks to play with. Wemby is tracking to have a good/great roster by next year if not already.
Appropriate answer and all that question deserves in the year 2025.
Nico is gone, but you’re telling me the owners didn’t sign off on the trade? Why go back there when they are still around?
This is just a PR scripted answer, absolutely nothing to read into.
Will that stop half this sub and all of r/mavericks and first take from talking about how this means he wants to go home? Signs point to no
Man if you were in our position & this happened to you, Lakers fans would be crying & taking in as much hopium as us.
It’s no disrespect to the Lakers, we just want our guy back.
he wants to go home
He is home
He literally said Dallas is home
Not no more
What kinda question is that man
im a mavs fan.. english is not his first language, theres no chance in hell
Only if Dirk became the owner somehow
So you’re saying there is a chance??
I could see it if Rob decided hire a certain friend of his who was recently fired.
Well this isn’t ideal.
Hire Lindsey as the new GM, Mosley as the new coach, and pair Luka in 2028 with young Flagg and whoever they get in this year’s draft. I finally see Nico’s vision.
Dumbass question
Journalism is BACK!
I mean how long does he ride it out if they’re not at least making the WCF?
It’s the lakers. They (or the league) will find a way to pair him with a star.
With the new owners ( who also own the dodgers ) they’re going to do whatever it takes to get that second star / invest a shit ton of money into everything from scouting to trainers etc
I don’t doubt that. But what if he goes to the end of this contract and nothing past the 2nd round. Just ride it on out?
At that point, he should simply go ring hunting. I’m sure he’ll be loyal to the lakers if they continue to treat him right.
You think they’d give him all those millions he lost out on when they traded him before the super max extension?
Gotta have some high aspirations
Oh yea im just here before the new year like huhh
It’s not so bad, he has Bummy James to bring him his water and towel
what a goofy question to ask but I so dearly miss him
I like Luka being on my team, but I really hope he goes back to the Mavs some day, the fans really got screwed over by everything and deserve better.
Lmao, why would he ever want to go back? That franchise is in shambles. You join the Lakers as their top 2, the expectation is that you retire your jersey as a Legendary Laker.
What a shit question lol
Both teams are bad
These journalists are just not it
Look at him, Shai broke Luka
Bruh you’re in like 2 subs doing tricks on shais meat 😭 chill
Every fanbase got a few of these types lmao
What meat
Stop the Shai dick ridin, hijo