[Charania] The Dallas Mavericks will be listening to trade calls for Anthony Davis.
NOOOOO but the known truth teller Mark Cuban just said the Mavs are trying to win!!!!
Steve Ballmer will come to Mark’s defense as Mark has aided him in the past
He can come to his aid with a Kawhi for AD straightup swap
The thought of AD in a Clippers uniform makes me sick lol
i know we all joked about him going back to LA but not like this lol
I think the consensus among Lakers fans is hoping that AD gets traded to Chicago. Send AD home!
Naw…we good
It makes OKC fans happy!
THE BEACONS ARE LIT! CUBAN CALLS FOR AID!!
Those beacons were made of wood. Don’t think Ballmer would appreciate that considering all the great work he has done in the tree planting community.
It’s kinda funny how fast Cuban’s public perception has cratered the last few years
Did it to himself. Another out of touch billionaire who can’t shut the fuck up
He just got old, he’s no longer the hot shot 40-something tech billionaire that he was when he bought the Mavs, he’s now a typical billionaire curmudgeon in his late 60s
sure but there’s also far worse out there than cuban. eat the rich, including cuban, but there’s def a scale and he’s not at the top
He can be dessert, as a treat.
i mean he still made billions exploiting peoples livelihoods and hard work, he doesnt have to be a murderer to also be an asshole everyone dislikes
I mean when you sell the team to a gambling mogul with a questionable background and then let Nico Harrison happen under his watch. Public perception will go down.
Being buddies with Elon also does not help
Well, Steve also knows what its like to be scammed so, it only makes sense
Maybe Ballmer will take AD off our hands. But idk for what though, they gave all their picks to the Thunder and now run a geriatric nursing home.
Light the beacons!
Cuban is going to quickly realize the Mavs are fucked trying to hold out for great value in an AD trade.
Yes he can increase his value by playing great for a month, but between his injury risks, age, and that his new team will have to discuss an extension after this season (and he’ll probably demand a max as a fun starting point for negotiations)… that’s a whole lot of red flags. I honestly don’t see him playing at an all nba level moving the needle a ton because the issue isn’t whether he’s that good when healthy. It’s that you’re trading for someone who simply won’t be healthy.
And the most desperate team in the NBA willing to further destroy their future to win now (Clippers) just have almost nothing of value to offer on Flagg’s timeline.
also, every single team knows the Mavs are desperate. They can lowball them and there’s nothing the Mavs can do except suck it up and sell pennies on the dollar.
They sold Luka for pennies on the dollar.
And now they’re going to have to sell AD, and eventually Kyrie for pennies on the dollar.
If i was still emotionally invested in the Mavericks franchise, idk how I would be coping with this rn.
The franchise is fucking COOKED, Physically, Mentally, and Spiritually.
It’s total and complete devastation. Thermonuclear Bomb levels of Annihilation. An endless and eternal vantablack abyss; a Void so deep, it stares back at itself and recoils in horror at what it’s seeing.
I mean at least a thermonuclear blast is hot. The Mavericks are more like a Kuiper Belt object. Floating out in the middle of nowhere with barely a flicker of light shining on them, and cold…ever so cold.
Unless some miracle happens, Mavs is gonna suck for Flagg’s tenure for the next 3-5 years. They don’t even have FRPs enough to get a decent rebuild around him.
And with how toxic the Luka release was and probably the incoming AD/Kyrie trades, it’s going to be hell for the franchise.
What a generational disaster.
He meant they’re trying to win the trade.
They’re trying to try to try is as far as I’d go. To do what, I have no idea.
Bro you should be backing up Cuban. You’re gonna get nothing if you tank Anthony’s hype
Truly can’t believe the fact that the Mavs went from being in the finals to a full on rebuild in the span of 16 months. You gave up your franchise player just to now spend years trying to get back to the place you JUST were. It makes no sense lmfao Nico is a basketball terrorist
Gave up a generational player. If I was a Mavs fan I literally cannot support this team
Rockets fan here. A bunch of y’all are over here now. We welcome you fellow Spurs hater. Go Rockets.
I tried following other teams but it just doesn’t feel right. Can’t get into Laker fandom or history.
Also still remember the fun we had with Luka’s run. Still going to chase that high with my Mavs fans.
Reminds me of the magic dismantling so fast after our 09 finals run. Except it took a couple more years and was forced on by the star player. Insane that the Mavs self-imploded
So basically nothing like the magic lol
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Nico deserves a statue in LA.
The owner deserves as much.
If AD ends up on the Lakers in a three team trade, I wouldn’t even be mad. I’d be laughing way too much.
I think he can’t be traded back for another year.
Nosferatu Adam Silver: The owners have decided to allow it on the technicality that it’s really, really, funny.
AD and a first going out to somehow end up with Zion would make me buy mavs gear
Maybe trade him for Luka Doncic i heard that guy has a bad work ethic
lol trade Luka Doncic? Why would any team ever do that?!
Luka loves LA too much.
The org can’t do him dirty like that
My buddies who now live in Dallas and huge Mavs fans were hopeful in the beginning that maybe, just maybe, Luka will come back in free agency because of how much he loved Dallas and the Mavs.
Somewhere within a few weeks or so after the trade, they sent me a screenshot of Luka’s insta where it was just a picture of Luka with his feet up, overlooking the sandy beaches and the ocean with the message - “fuck… he ain’t never coming back”. lol.
Trying to think who is even tradeable for Luka straight up realistically. Wemby, Jokic, I think that’s it. LA says no to Giannis or SGA. And that’s end of list
I don’t think they’d take anybody. I mean, you know how bad the PR for trading Luka from another team he likes would be? He’s already playing at an MVP level and the fans love him, and he’s only 26. Jokic is a bit better than Luka, but older, and Wemby has the potential to be better than Luka, but there are injury concerns with his build. Might as well just keep the proven thing that you already know gels well with the team
You don’t trade any of these guys unless they want out.
Is that the wash sale rule?
Damn, Shams vs. Mark Cuban on these trade rumours is an all-timer of a Giant Douche vs. Turd Sandwich situation.
Cuban is trying to drive up the price and Shams is trying to drum up interest.
Cuban is beside himself. Driving around downtown New York begging (thru texts) ESPN’s office for address to Shams’ home
I mean he’s clearly at the studio right now. Cuban can just meet him there.
Cuban is beside himself. Wandering around backstage begging(thru texts) for how to get to Sham’s stage.
They should just buy AD out so the Thunder could sign him for a million or 2 .
r/nba has to back the Cap Circumvention Apologizer or the Giannis Antetokounmpo Sweepstakes Agenda Pusher
Which is a better matchup: Cuban vs Shams or Cuban vs Torre
Pablo is an actual journalist. Shams just gets things told to him.
Sweet ass job to get paid to play the telephone game all day.
Pablo just gets stories fed to him by the French mafia in an attempt to clear the league of Spurs challengers. Don’t believe everything you read!!
Mark Cuban said the exact opposite not even 12 minutes ago
Shams source is rich Paul. Cuban is speaking from a mavericks perspective probably. AKA, AD wants to contend, not support cooper Flagg development. And as we’ve seen, klutch gets stars where they want to go.
AD was also one of the bigger ‘fuck you i’m leaving’ situations of the last decade, feels like that has faded from memory. If the guy thinks the Mavs situation isn’t redeemable I’d be very surprised if he doesn’t ask out.
Completely forgot about that. He wore a shirt that literally said “that’s all folks” at the end of his last season in New Orleans and claimed he doesn’t control what outfits he wears 😂😂 this fucking league man
Damn I actually had forgotten about the shirt lol. Just the drama of the Pelicans sitting him when he didn’t ask to be sat.
Tf does he even mean by he doesn’t control what outfits he wears? This dude think he’s a Sims character or something lmao
A lot of celebrities don’t pick their clothes. They pay stylists that arrange brand contracts so they can be seen on TV/pictures in certain outfits.
It’s how style trends get made
But yeah AD was trolling.
The idea of not picking my own wardrobe is really surreal to me. I mean, that happens when you’re a little kid, but having my clothing coordinated by someone else as a grown ass adult seems totally bizarre.
You telling me if someone handed you a fat ass check with like four or five 0’s on it and was like, wear this shit for a few hours tonight at this basketball game.
You’d say “no thanks”?
No, I’m just saying it would seem really weird, at least initially. If someone handed me a big enough check I’d run around in dresses and high heels all day, fuck it.
Must not be married
Time to dust off the old t-shirt
Yupp back in 2019 he desperately wanted to leave the pelicans. I remember that lakers vs pelicans game on tv looked like ad really wanted to be a laker and sure enough that offseason boom lakers trade for him
2019: Pelicans get the #1 pick -> AD goes to the Lakers
2025: Mavs get the #1 pick -> AD goes to the… oh
Both can kinda be true. Davis’ value is probably at an all time low, so the Mavs aren’t shopping him. Mavs would of course entertain a good trade package, but realistically no one is going to offer one. So they will try to win on a nightly basis but it’s going to take Kyrie coming back and looking like his old self for that to happen and the chances of that happening before the season is essentially over are very low. If Ky and Davis finish the season looking healthy their value would be way higher than currently.
And Happy Gilmore accomplished that feat no more than an hour ago
Vanderbilt, Rui and Knecht… Bring him back home
If he goes back to the Lakers, it’ll confirm the NBA/Silver orchestrated the Luka trade lmao
Pretty sure they can’t trade him back for at least a year or something.
That restriction only applies to if the Lakers cut him or stretched and waived. Regardless, this will probably go down to the trade deadline which would go over the year mark allowing the Lakers to acquire him again as long as they meet the financial parameters.
Nope, no restrictions at all. Outside of Dallas being an embarrassment with the their fans. But unironically we might be the only team willing to give up a starter level player and a first round pick for AD. AD hasn’t really been good, is injury prone, and came in out of shape.
there isn’t a givesies backsies clause?
Yeah atp I would have to go full mask off and shamelessly support & encourage all Ballmer under the table deals for the rest of time
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Add in Christie to make it fair.
It’d be funny if the Mavs gave the Lakers back their trade in exchange for some tanking level players.
Fine… They can have Vincent too
Not my boy Rui 😤
Rui has been improving his trade value. Vanderbilt is just a player in theory, never available. And Knecht never got over the mental trauma from being not traded.
just a player in theory, never available
So equivalent value to AD then?
Fuck the picks. Bring him back.
Rui is untouchable.
That doesn’t even work salary wise lol.
(the phone never rang)
The return they get for AD will certify this as the worst trade ever.
You trade Luka for 14 games of AD who’s about to be traded for a pick or 2 and decent young player
Hate Dallas but gotta feel sorry for their basketball fans, Nico absolutely assassinated their vibes and then got canned. Even after getting Flagg and watching Nico get removed it still has to be just such a shitty feeling and atmosphere.
They can lay the blame squarely on Cuban, he cashed out and sold the team to evil billionaires who know nothing about basketball.
if the Mavs are serious about building around Flagg then they should trade AD as a quick as they can
Is there a chance he could regain some trade value prior to trade deadline?
If not, I agree
I don’t see how he can improve his trade value every team knows he’s a all nba player when he’s healthy but his injury concerns are the reason his value isn’t high
AD is 32 but his muscles and joints are 52 years old.
Makes sense.
It hard to envision the trade though….who is interested and what would be offered?
Ja Morant has entered the chat
Every GM knows who AD is at this point, a couple weeks of healthy play is fooling who exactly?
When you buy an old car that’s clearly on its last legs, you still want to make sure that the engine starts and it can go around a parking lot without anything falling off…
Is there a chance he could regain some trade value…?
Not on your life, my Hindu friend.
Duh. They need the picks and young players.
Why? Nico told us they were built to win now and in the future
What a disastrous move that trade was, but i guess they want to rebuild completely around flagg which isn’t a bad move.
Well they still have their 2026 pick in a loaded draft. Keep Christie, lively jr and flag and trade the rest. If ad doesn’t get a good haul, then Kylie might or gafford, or Marshall.
I still can’t believe the Mavs gave up their franchise star for a player nicknamed Street Clothes and Day-to-Davis.
For as disastrous as that move was the Mavs have a great opportunity to double dip in a loaded draft.
Cooper + Peterson/Dybantsa would go a long way towards a rebuild.
Would teams wanna trade picks +young guys for a injury prone player
Depends on the caliber of young guys. The warriors would absolutely trade Podz kuminga and moody lol
Unfortunately I don’t think our salary works unless we also trade Jimmy or Draymond
Jimmy to the Mavs would be fkin hilarious
And then having nothing but G leaguers on the bench…which is where AD’s gonna be sitting in streetclothes most nights.
Clippers
Are these Clippers picks + young players in the room with us right now?
It’s on a sliding scale for them, Bradley Beal is a spry 32 years old
Clippers can trade 2030 and 2032 1sts right
If they do that I’m turning in my membership
Lmao, clips throwing away more of their future for an injured 33 year old player sounds par for the course
Chicago for Zach Collins, Okoro, and Coby White plus a pick or two.
Coby white can play along side or replace kyrie, but is young enough to be on Flaggs timeline, plus an expiring contract, a defensive bench wing, and some draft compensation.
Ad goes home, with giddey, Huerter, Patrick Williams, AD, vuc, with Ayo and Jalen smith off the bench. AD gets to play PF like he wants next to two stretch bigs, but also makes up for their defense. They would have a shot to make a playoff push at least in the East…?
We don’t want Anthony “Street Clothes” Davis. There is nothing to gain from a perpetually injured player
They’re already on a playoff push
Yeah I mean make a deep playoff push, not just a probable first round out. Like with a healthy AD, they would have a shot to knock off 1 of MIL, DET, ATL NYK etc
Excellent package for Dallas but Bulls fans won’t want to part with Coby White. Dude is a legend there already.
Haralabos 100% got a job in Mavs office because Cuban is a terrible poker player.
lol. Cuban in shambles.
Never trust billionaires.
They aren’t your friends just because they wear tee shirts like you.
Cuban wearing a tank top with holes in the bottom while he eats a yogurt over the sink
This really has been the biggest fuck up in the NBA I can remember in recent years, and Im a suns fan
Embiid for AD
This fucking franchise has done everyone dirty in this trade. How to destroy your team in one easy step. Feel bad for all players involved
Legit have never felt worse for a fanbase besides Seattle.
A’s are up there. Mavs always have 2011, I guess
Call the Lakers and see if they will trade Luka for AD
Trading away your generational franchise player to only trade away what you got for him after not even a full season is… I don’t know. Even if you have no confidence in AD, the idea of it is ridiculous. You can’t even say “oh, well we got Cooper Flagg.” because you didn’t know you were going to get him. What was all of this for?
From finals appearance to blowing it up and starting over is wild….
He’ll get traded from a playoff team in the east
If mavs trade AD for a first round pick and a few role players, means all they got in return for Luka was max christie and a first lmfaoooooo.
The grizzlies got 4 first round picks, kcp, and Cole Anthony for Desmond fucking bane from magic.
How nico could ever show his face around a basketball court again is beyond me. Straight up malpractice
Jaxon Hayes, Gabe Vincent and a first gets it 🤌
I’m being told to watch out for the Lakers
Why though? I heard that Defense wins championship games.
Going from being in the NBA Finals to a teardown lol I live in Dallas, fans have lost it…
So they really just gave Luka away for nothing
Maybe they can get Kylar Murray
Straight up for Zion?👀👀👀?
Jeez dude I’ve never seen a trade that keeps getting worse and worse as time goes on. Even the Garnett to nets thing doesnt seem that bad compared to this cluster fuck
You cannot take the nba serious 🤣🤣
didn’t they just deny this?
Anybody can say anything. Words are meaningless nowadays
They’ll be listening for the phone to ring, not much else.
All going according to Silvers plan
Too much of a liability.
What a shitshow of a mavs season. Praise Nico.
Worst trade of all time keeps getting worse somehow
Dumpster fire
from the NBA finals to a rebuild. Wow
They will get no calls for AD lol. The other GMs don’t want to end up like Nico
Trading a Luka Supermax extension for an Anthony Davis rental is certainly a choice.
Good. Trade him and Gaff, hope for the best and rebuild.
Thanks, Shams. Five days late and useless. Lost the mojo this season.
Dallas is in for a rude awakening for how little Davis is gonna get back. And to the ones saying just wait, he’s turning 33 this season and is depreciating fast in value.
I’m figuratively on the same boat, listening to date calls from Salma Hayek.
AD for Luka??? Who says no.
Looks like defence didn’t win Championship in Dallas
Hey does anyone want this max contract benchwarmer?
What size jersey would pocket lint wear?
Maybe the Lakers are interested.
There’s an insane 3-teamer that gets the Mavs Kuminga and Morant while sending Klay back to the Bay.
Nothing about this luka-ad trade made sense and it just keeps getting wors
If they trade him, going to love the “what the mavs ended up getting for Luka Doncic” trees. If they make a bad deal that gets draft picks and strike out on them, they might have traded a hall of famer in his prime for peanuts.
shams vs cuban who wins?
The Lakers
Bring him baaaaack
I know Stone is sitting there dreaming about a starting lineup of Adams, Davis, Sengun, Smith, and KD.
Lakers need a center
C’mon Kings. Make an offer!!!!
luka for ad straight up? who says no?
Would it be possible to trade Paul George for AD? AD and Joel together would be great to see.
I’m shocked
But Mark Cuban said…
AD to chicago?
Time for the Kings, Clippers, or Warriors to acquire another old player.
You’ll take Huerter, Vooch, Collins and portland’s fake first and you’ll like it
Jalen Green + Rasheer Fleming + Nick Richards + Royce O’Neal gets it done.
I’ll give you Paul George…
Ain’t nobody calling lol
luka
But Cubes said no trades!!!
the Lakers have a chance to do the funniest trade ever
Shams getting paid to regurgitate already available info. Nice gig!
Blowin’ it up!
inb4 trades win championships hits again
This is insane. Trade away a generational player for seemingly nothing…
It’s still hilarious if they offered AD for Luka.
What would they need to attach to AD to get them to make that trade?
Mavericks fans going through it