**Official Luka Doncic Thread**

[RogerGodahell]

39-12-8 for the Don

Thank god he's not one dimensional and has to rely on 3's because they weren't falling tonight.

[RogerGodahell]

5 blocks by C Wood tonight...26 in his last 9 games.

[rhigh2390]

Originally Posted by RogerGodahell

39-12-8 for the Don

Thank god he's not one dimensional and has to rely on 3's because they weren't falling tonight.

Just another day at the office for Luka.

[jrnelson]

Luka Dončić has been named the Kia @NBA Western Conference Player of the Month for games played in December, marking the third time in his career he has received the honor (Nov. 2019, Feb. 2022).

Dirk Nowitzki (6) is the only other Maverick to win the award multiple times.

Luka Dončić has totaled 292 pts, 77 reb and 69 ast during the Mavericks’ current seven-game win streak, which is their longest win streak since the title season in 2010-11.

He is the first player in NBA history to record 290+ pts, 70+ reb and 60+ ast over any seven-game stretch.

[RogerGodahell]

https://www.yardbarker.com/nba/artic...14822_38311169

Sigh... sound like Deja vu?

Doubt he's gonna take an $18M 2 year deal. I would be very surprised if he did, he's gaining leverage every time they win a game since being named a starter.

[KhalDrogo]

Originally Posted by RogerGodahell

https://www.yardbarker.com/nba/artic...14822_38311169

Sigh... sound like Deja vu?

Doubt he's gonna take an $18M 2 year deal. I would be very surprised if he did, he's gaining leverage every time they win a game since being named a starter.

Why a two year deal? Are the Mavs that stupid? Go sign him for four. They gave McGee three years to sit on the bench. They don’t have the luxury to pull crap like this.

[RogerGodahell]

The obvious answer is yes Mark Cuban is that dumb. He thinks he's a genius basketball personal guru.

All i can tell you is they've been drooling over John Collins for the last year who is going to make between $23.5-$27M over the next four years and he's averaging a whopping 12.9 points and 7.9 rebounds this year.

While they've got Wood on the roster right now who's averaging 19.7-8.4, with 2.3 blocks per game paired up with Luka as a starter. The Mavs are 7-1 in those 8 games. They're idiots if they don't get a reasonable deal done and he walks away and they get nothing in return like they did with Brunson. They'd probably be in 1st place right now if they still had Brunson and Wood, that's how close so many of their games have been this year.

[HunterConnorMom]

Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

Why a two year deal? Are the Mavs that stupid? Go sign him for four. They gave McGee three years to sit on the bench. They don’t have the luxury to pull crap like this.

They want the cap space in 2025 as they will only have a few people on contract and want to sign a 2nd star next to Luka.

[regularp]

Originally Posted by RogerGodahell

The obvious answer is yes Mark Cuban is that dumb. He thinks he's a genius basketball personal guru.

All i can tell you is they've been drooling over John Collins for the last year who is going to make between $23.5-$27M over the next four years and he's averaging a whopping 12.9 points and 7.9 rebounds this year.

While they've got Wood on the roster right now who's averaging 19.7-8.4, with 2.3 blocks per game paired up with Luka as a starter. The Mavs are 7-1 in those 8 games. They're idiots if they don't get a reasonable deal done and he walks away and they get nothing in return like they did with Brunson. They'd probably be in 1st place right now if they still had Brunson and Wood, that's how close so many of their games have been this year.

Collins is a better player than Wood and he's being misused like crazy in Atlanta. He'd be a 20/10 guy and an All-Star next to Luka.

Ideally, they would re-sign Wood and somehow make a trade for Collins with their spare parts before Atlanta realizes Trae Young is the problem and trades him somewhere else instead.

[KhalDrogo]

Originally Posted by HunterConnorMom

They want the cap space in 2025 as they will only have a few people on contract and want to sign a 2nd star next to Luka.

They wanted cap space to sign Giannis too. How did that work out?

They need to play to win now. Can’t play for free agency years from now when there’s no guarantee who is available or if they want to sign.

[RogerGodahell]

Originally Posted by regularp

Collins is a better player than Wood and he's being misused like crazy in Atlanta. He'd be a 20/10 guy and an All-Star next to Luka.

Ideally, they would re-sign Wood and somehow make a trade for Collins with their spare parts before Atlanta realizes Trae Young is the problem and trades him somewhere else instead.

Maybe, but i'm not so sure. Wood might be an all-star too if he started from day one like he should have. Holding him back all year and starting McGee and then Powell over him was like some kind of twisted sick prank or something. Yes i know the bench is kind of dry with him as a starter but it's working.

I'm of the mind (in regards to Wood) "if it's working then why mess with it?" They've already got their guy as they also had another decent piece with Brunson. And then let him walk away for nothing in return. When you're a team starved of talent and keep letting your second best player leave for nothing in return....what are we doing here?

[RogerGodahell]

Although there is one other caveat to all of this recent winning. Luka is averaging something close to a 45 pt triple double over the last 6 games.

So i guess we'll just have to see how things play out. It's out of all of our hands, nothing we can do but sit back and watch it play out.

[HunterConnorMom]

Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

They wanted cap space to sign Giannis too. How did that work out?

They need to play to win now. Can’t play for free agency years from now when there’s no guarantee who is available or if they want to sign.

Agree with you. Unfortunately, it appears to be the current thinking of the organization…maybe they will change their mind if Wood continues to produce.

[Asian62150]

Bottom line is the Mavs need to draft better (once they actually have picks) and make smart trades. Cuban should be investing in a better scouting department.

Can't be holding out hope that another superstar will just play with Luka. Even if an athlete bats their eyes at the Mavs one or two seasons before FA, nothing is guaranteed until the deal is signed---and even then, sometimes these guys still change their minds.

The only championship team that drafted one star and got the rest from FA was the Heatles.

[RogerGodahell]

Originally Posted by HunterConnorMom

Agree with you. Unfortunately, it appears to be the current thinking of the organization…maybe they will change their mind if Wood continues to produce.

Yes and that was the exact same thinking they had with Brunson last year at this same time when they could have offered him $57 mill for 4 years or whatever it was but they declined to offer it to him. And then he balled out the rest of the year and got like $130M from NY. Then DAL said nah we won't even bother trying to talk to him now. Waited too long and dropped the ball.

[Dnic]

Originally Posted by RogerGodahell

Yes and that was the exact same thinking they had with Brunson last year at this same time when they could have offered him $57 mill for 4 years or whatever it was but they declined to offer it to him. And then he balled out the rest of the year and got like $130M from NY. Then DAL said nah we won't even bother trying to talk to him now. Waited too long and dropped the ball.

Brunson wasn't going to be the second star on the team, he had a good last season (almost ironic how these guys in a contract year always ball out isn't it?) but he is too small and not what Luka needs, think someone like Beal, Derozan, Lavine those are bonifined #2. Brunson has been and always will be like a #3 or 4 at best.

[RogerGodahell]

Originally Posted by Dnic

Brunson wasn't going to be the second star on the team, he had a good last season (almost ironic how these guys in a contract year always ball out isn't it?) but he is too small and not what Luka needs, think someone like Beal, Derozan, Lavine those are bonifined #2. Brunson has been and always will be like a #3 or 4 at best.

No you're right he was never going to be a second star. He never will be a star anywhere, period. Good player but not a star. I guess the point i was trying to make was he was the second best out of what they had...so slim pickings he was their second best player. They waste too much money on bench guys that do nothing is half their problem who play like 5-10 mins a game, or zero.

They could have overpaid for Brunson and kept him if he would of stayed and they really wanted to. Also if NY didn't tamper and pry him away because they had his Bird rights. But the biggest mistake was not offering him the deal for 4 years $57 mill at all. Teams are allowed to go over the salary cap in those situations if you have a players Bird rights. That's how the Warriors get away with a salary+Luxury tax that has been like double most teams over the last few years have been paying.

They also have Wood's Bird rights so it's pretty much the same situation. They either offer him an extension and he takes or he declines it. 2. They trade him. Or 3. they wait until the off season and try and outbid other teams to retain him. It all depends on what Cubes wants to do. Will he cheapen out again and let their second best of what they've got leave and keep stocking that dry powder for a rainy day as the years roll on by praying they can land a big fish? Or do you try and retain the best of what you've got and build off that by trying to add more pieces and also paying a hefty luxury tax?

There is no clear plan/path that i can see as of now. They will either have to pull off some kind of miracle to land that "big fish" through a trade. Or wait 2 more years of Doncic career for their cap space to clear out and "pray" there will be one that will sign in FA that fits their needs. It appears there's a whole lot of praying going on in that front office.

[regularp]

Originally Posted by RogerGodahell

Maybe, but i'm not so sure. Wood might be an all-star too if he started from day one like he should have. Holding him back all year and starting McGee and then Powell over him was like some kind of twisted sick prank or something. Yes i know the bench is kind of dry with him as a starter but it's working.

I'm of the mind (in regards to Wood) "if it's working then why mess with it?" They've already got their guy as they also had another decent piece with Brunson. And then let him walk away for nothing in return. When you're a team starved of talent and keep letting your second best player leave for nothing in return....what are we doing here?

Yeah, they can't lose Wood. It's an odd negotiation because the Mavs can't afford to lose him but he has a terrible reputation around the league and there probably isn't a team out there willing to give him a four year deal.

I bet he winds up returning on a 2+1 type of contract.

On a side note, Collins had 22/11/3/2/2 tonight.

[regularp]

[NotOriginal]

How do you like the full capacity in hand? (hyped properly, underhyped, or overhyped)

[boxbuster7]

Anybody know why the OP got banned?

[regularp]

Originally Posted by NotOriginal

How do you like the full capacity in hand? (hyped properly, underhyped, or overhyped)

They look better in hand. I've never held a PMG in hand before, but I've seen the videos that show how light reflects off them and now I get why they're so popular.

Kinda similar with the Full Capacity cards. I posted a mediocre video of mine to show how the lights hits them:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CnDTGHePzyV/

[KhalDrogo]

Originally Posted by boxbuster7

Anybody know why the OP got banned?

He doesn’t even know why he was banned. Although probably from the LeBron thread.

Luka sick tonight. I have tickets Sunday, which is the back half of a B2B. Great seats too. I’m going to be so pissed if he doesn’t play.

[GOATcards]

Originally Posted by boxbuster7

Anybody know why the OP got banned?

wtf

[tjforce]

I was hoping the Lukas could help us out back East with a win tonight over Boston. Not so much.