Kyrie and AD only played 25 minutes together
Its a shame we won’t ever get to see Nico’s vision played out due to the injuries. Atleast Nico’s sell high on Luka got the Mavs Flagg to build around though
they were one of the duos of all time
I will always remember those glorious 25 minutes
Rasheed Wallace played more minutes for the Hawks (42)
Hawks legend
That Sheed ATL jersey was GOATed in the outlet mall clearance racks.
Know two kids whose family bought them that jersey because it was super cheap.
What a mind-blowing tidbit, thanks for sharing.
Very teammates together
Not sure why this is so funny but lmao
25 minutes is negligible. They were not one of the duos of all time.
Nico Harrison is a basketball genius
In my opinion he deserved MORE power, if I owned the Mavericks he wouldn’t be the GM anymore, because I’d promote him to god emperor of basketball
GEBBGMUS
LYIN’ Luka was so mean to me, it was TERRIBLE, no one else has ever treated me so terribly, but now we’re the HOTTEST team in the league and no one has even said thank you to me yet. SAD.
Clearly trading for AD was part of the Golden Path to a championship
Single handedly keeping the lakers relevant until the decade ends
In his mind.
It’s so frustrating that they rigged the draft for the Mavs to get the first pick out of that trade, future generations might only see that they got Flagg out the Luka trade and wonder what all the Nico hate was ever about. Traded Luka for what turned out to not even be many FRPs and just fell ass backwards into the most improbable, corrupt #1 pick ever
My team had the chance to repeat taken away from us & had to play a whole ass year IN TAMPA just for the 4th pick just for the Mavs to blow it up in the most devilish way possible to get the #1 pick.
Truly, truly dogshit corruption from the NBA.
Well you see the Mavs helped out the golden child so they got rewarded
Fuck Laurence Frank, or however you spell his first name.
Tampering-ass motherfucker, lol.
The draft was not rigged and if you looked into it for like 10 minutes you would realize that.
Most likely not, but Bron went to Cleveland, DRose went to Chicago, Cleveland was pity-awarded 2 1st picks after Bron left, Wemby went to us and Coop went to the team that fed the Lakers.
Just saying the odds are crazy.
The odds are extremely well defined, actually. They’re publicly available.
The fact that this was one possible outcome among tens of thousands doesn’t mean there’s anything fishy about it. You could say that about any outcome that happened.
His plan was genius - AD has no health problems and neither does Kyrie and they compete for two years then their careers are over and Mavs move on….. because Kyrie and AD equals a championship.
/sssssss
Nico would definitely agree with you
The lakers sure think so
Agreed
“Atleast Nico’s sell high on Luka got the Mavs Flagg to build around though”
Stop it, get some help
Obvious joke
Considering how many ppl actually believe the NBA is rigged and the Mavs were given Flagg as apart of getting Luka to the Lakers this is not an obvious joke
Yep its crazy how many idiots use that line unironically
“The nfl is rigged” is practically the prevailing opinion on brain rot platforms like TikTok
Exactly.
I think this is Nico’s burner
Nico doesn’t get enough hate for that trade. He gets a lot, but not nearly enough.
The NBA orchestrated it. The attention that the trade brought the NBA has been more effective than any promotions or commercials. Then the Mavs get Cooper. It’s so rigged.
How many times in the last 20 years has a team ONLY offered their star player to 1 team without gauging offers? In any sport? Its unbelievable
this is where I’m at too
25 more minutes than CP and Scottie Barnes
let’s call him Chris Paul
25 more minutes than CP and Scottie “Chris Paul” Barnes
Or put the 3 at the end
25 more minutes than CP and Scottie Barnes 3
One of the highlights of last year was Leon Edwards getting finished by CP
Name a better combo than Scottie Barnes and CP
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“Nico’s vision”
*legacy
NBA forced trade in return for flagg*
Yeah but Kyrie, AD and Flagg spent way more than 25 minutes doing photo ops before the season, so that counts for something
honestly the butterfly effect of that trade is wild when you think about it - goes to show how one move can completely reshape a franchise’s trajectory for the next decade
I don’t think this not working out was some unforeseeable outcome
Nico’s only fault was not having a crystal ball….or any knowledge of the players involved, their histories, the history of basketball, or even what basketball is. Other than that he’s a genius.
Biggest butterfly effect is it made the Warriors panic buy JB and messed up all their future plans
That was a good trade
That was a fantastic trade, and I honestly think they make the WCF if Steph doesn’t get injured last year. They woulda gotten stomped by OKC but still
Warriors got comsiderably bettet that season and that season only. The giant extension to Butler is already biting them in the ass, the pain will only be worse
Well were they supposed to just know he would get injured? If they didn’t make the trade, they’d be just as bad still. Obviously nothing is risk-free, but when u can get a star of Butlers level for that cheap like they did, you do it when your franchise GOAT is at his age
The Anthony Davis trade is how I learned Marvin Bagley is still in the NBA
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Alright Nico, we fucking know it’s you
Atleast Nico’s sell high on Luka got the Mavs Flagg to build around though
Are you serious?
Look at his username
They were never going to play significant minutes together.
The end of an era.
Probably in the mind of Nico Harrison: You can’t be proven wrong if they barely played together anyway.
and none of us are surprised
i expected a slightly bigger number there, but this was a very obvious outcome. in their primes, they struggled to get through seasons, why would that be any different at 32-33 years old?
That’s incredible lol
Poor AD
hang the banner
Top tier shitposting - take my upvote
Yeah, he was high alright
Short and sweet.
Well fortune does favor the bold
They could’ve even competed in a conference final
Modern day big 3s where they never meet each other
The one thing you could fall back on the Luka trade was that on paper the Mavs had a finals winning roster. Seeing what it is now and how things have gone this past year is beyond depressing. Need to make a new word to capture that feeling.
I know this is a shit post, but Nico’s dream of Kyrie, Klay, AD, PJ, Gafford and Lively could be a really good team. Not to mention they added Flagg to it.
The backlash was so bad and loud they didn’t even try to wait and see if it could work.
Dumbass post by a dumbass person.
You sound salty