Michael Finley tells the story of Grant Williams talking trash to Luka in practice, leading to Luka going on a 26–6 run by himself in 5-6 Minutes.
So I take it Finley wasn’t one of the execs who signed off on the trade.
Cuban came out and said specifically that Finley wasn’t involved and he was pissed when he found out. He said it was mostly Jason Kidd and Nico Harrison and Nico Harrison’s yes men.
Are Nico’s yes men gone?
Yes, Masai got rid of them all afaik.
that’s good`
Yes
Masai simply could have been like who here was part of Luka leaving, yall could pack y’all’s bags
When Kyrie told that story without naming him everyone knew it was Grant Williams instantly lmao
Luka scored 6 points into his own basket to make it more fair
Really looking forward to seeing Luka play this season. Feel like he’s being slept on now
He’s also got the best fitting center of his career now, gonna be so fun to watch those pick and rolls
The Mavs centers were pretty great fits, much more athletic at least compared to Kessler, but agreed it’s a great fit for this year
Best player in the league for a reason
Hey I like him but even I’d say you’re wildly overrating Grant Williams here
Nah but top 5 is nothing to feel bad about
Sure if you say so
Not even the best player in the West
This doesn’t mean much when the four best players in the world are all in the West lmao. Luka, Wemby, Jokic and SGA are the top four in some order and I think pretty interchangeable currently. But Wemby will probably start to run away with BITW soon if he continues to improve
In a league where he’s the only player in it, absolutely
My favorite sports story trope is any time someone does the “and I won’t say any names………but it was this guy”.
Hits everytimes lmao
I wish I had the confidence of Grant Williams lol
Why tf is this video so tall
I get the whole “let’s clown on Grant Williams” angle, but.. isn’t it a good thing that he went at Luka if he wasn’t practicing hard enough? Obviously, we don’t know much context, but there were a lot of stories about Luka not taking the time away from the actual games seriously.
If you’re not the star you gotta have a certain cache and respect around the league to go after the star like that and Grant found out he doesn’t have that
How many of his signature 3 point shot pump fakes do you think Grant Williams had in this span? I’ll say at least 17.
That 6 weeks he was on the Mavs I got so sick of his 3 point pump fake, drive, fumble like nothing you’ve never seen, turnover.
Don’t need opposing players and fans to antagonize and motivate you when you can have your teammate do it instead. Should probably had kept Williams on the Mavericks.
It’s wild what stands between this man being the generational talent he is and a stone cold all-timer is caloric intake. Being in a professional setting since he was an early teen, I would expect nutrition to have clicked by now.