Nico trading for known iron man Anthony Davis

The obvious choice was to trade Luka for a guy with even worse conditioning!

“Off the record”

Yep, further proof that Nico was the mastermind of the trade.

He’s a failed shoe salesman who used the power vacuum of Cuban leaving to do what he always wanted, throw his weight around and try to prove he’s the big man on campus by trashing Luka and trading him after they made a finals

Nico being Nico is old news at this point but what I found more interesting is that here we are basically openly admitting that the main media member representing the Mavericks on the national stage spent likely years of Luka’s career carrying Nico’s dirty water and helping shape mainstream narratives about him in bad faith. Anyone who followed or follows the Mavs knows how incessantly negative MacMahon’s reporting was to the point of Luka openly calling him on it at points.

Also put’s stuff like Windhorst (MacMahon’s Hoop Collective buddy) blowing a gasket and going on an angry rant about Luka to ESPN during the Finals and then after the trade saying that nobody from the Mavericks ever confronted or checked him on it, into more perspective

Not Tim lamenting about “having to be the bad guy”. This dude covered Luka so poorly during his time in Dallas they had actual beef with Luka refusing to take questions from him in his last 4 years with the Mavs.

All this does is give confirmation that the trade was personal against Luka.

Dude says it was an off the record conversation, then proceeds to identify the person and describe the conversation? That’s…the opposite of off the record.

That’s the kind of thing that would get a reporter instantly fired.

Tim McMahon deserves all the hate he got for how he covered luka. Even during the finals run when luka was on one leg tim was being a bitch. Fuck tim McMahon.

State of sports journalism is truly garbage. He’s basically admitting he’s telling us a conversation that was supposed to be off the record, which is a huge no-no in journalism. He’s also admitting that he was smearing Luka for years pushing a narrative that was aligned with ownership.

Just think about how crazy what he’s saying is. “I keep shitting in Luka in the press but you guys aren’t so I’m getting in trouble, could you guys do it too.?”

This guy sucks and is ¹⁄₃ of the flaccid take trio podcast with windy. He’s the only guy that can make windy seem charismatic.

MacMahon is so insufferable. He’s the biggest drama merchant I’ve ever seen. Offers nothing except negativity every time I hear him.

Can we stop posting blatant fan fiction from a guy still trying to milk this trade?

The issue wasn’t trading him. The issue was getting AD as your “haul”.

Hold up! So as a “journalist “ which Mcmahon claims to be, we are allowed to publicly say something that was told to us “off the record”?

I mean, I think Nico is a dumbass but if this conversation was had off the record how is it okay for this guy to regurgitate it?

Tim doing a good job making sure that no one says anything of importance to him ever again

If it’s was a off the record discussion why are you discussing it?

This trade will never not make sense. AD is made of glass and the whole league knows it

remember when Dallas fans thought macmahon was the bad guy???? lmaooooo

Why the hell would Mavs put their name on dragging Luka’s conditioning through the mud? That’s your job Timbo

dude looks like tiger woods

What do you expect from the person who called Steph, Steph-ON. What a moron same as Jason “Wife Beater” Kidd

Still talking about this?

Nico trading Luka is insane and no one would do it but the bad part was not shopping him, if you would’ve shopped him then got “lucky” in the lottery again and still gotten coop or even someone like kon, edgcombe, fears, CMB, Harper or Cedric Howard with the actual treasure chest of players and picks someone would’ve given you. You probably couldn’t still gone out and used some of those assets to get Davis.

Non experts acting like they are experts. Classic.

FIRE TIM!

Tim MacMahon continuing his shit stirring.

these reporters think they’re so powerful its really funny.

Nico must have been exhausted from carrying Luka to the finals.

FNH

McMahon is so full of shit!!! He is acting like he is so important to the organization, or has some power or something. Mavs do not want him around the arena

I think the more interesting question at this point is Nico still 100% sure he’s right and but for fluke injuries he’d be considered a ballsy genius or has AD playing like 20 games total since the trade introduced a little doubt in his mind?

jesus not this again. Im tired boss

Mcmahon is ass

What’re you gonna do, stab me?

Off the record, but totally on the record. Literally recording it.

Nico’s idiocy aside, not great that a journalist is outing off the record stories like this. The statute of limitations on revealing a convo like this would be an anecdote 10-15 years from now when Luka’s about to retire.

Thought that was Tiger Woods for a sec

Shocking to me that in a sport riddled with egomaniacs, fucking Tim McMahon is the most arrogant guy.

Doubt this conversation did not happen, if it did, Tim ought to have reported on it

MacMahon hates Luka so much lmao

nico was butt hurt over something and/or it was an nba order. we’ll never know.

“Off the record discussion”

Tim then reports on it. Why would anyone talk to him after this?

This is dirty pool from McMahon unless he got confirmation from Nico that he could go on record. And breaking from journalism rules to tell a story we basically already know is crazy.

And I generally respect McMahon as a reporter but this isnt cool.

The only thing Nico did wrong was not get draft picks.