The Dallas Mavericks apparently give up their franchise player Luka Doncic and rely on a radical change of style with Anthony Davis. Mavs icon Dirk Nowitzki is speechless.
Dirk Nowitzki was missing the words. And yet Germany’s basketball hero made a surprise and worrying emoji at X clearly how little he thinks of this mega trade in his Dallas Mavericks: Luka Doncic has to go according to aging, anthony Davis comes from the Los Angeles Lakers. A radical change of alignment for both franchises – and a news that can be classified somewhere between blockbusters and earthquakes even in the noisy NBA.
For the “Dallas Morning News”, this is the “most shocking trade in Mavericks story, maybe even the NBA history”, according to the “Los Angeles Times” the cabin of the Lakers around Superstar LeBron James “is completely in shock”.
At first none of the protagonists spoke. The Slovenian Doncic, 25, in the past season the best scorer of the NBA and leader of the MAVS in the storm to the final series (1: 4 against the Boston Celtics) is currently just as injured as Davis, which is six years older Reliable scorer, rebounder and blocker together with James have been leading the team for years.
But why do the Mavericks let the heirs from Nowitzki go as a franchise player at all? The explanatory approaches in the US specialist media are varied. For example, the shaky health of the 25 -year -old – Doncic has been injured since Christmas. Or the lifestyle of the Slovenian, which is not exactly considered an asceta, who, like Nowitzki, does everything to the sport. Or the fact that Doncic would be entitled to a contract extension worth $ 345 million for five years after this season.
Nico Harrison, General Manager of the Mavericks, called “ESPN” a different reason than he practically confirmed the deal: “I think the defensive championships wins. And I believe that we have better chances if we have a general Get defensive centers and an all-NBA player with a defensive attitude. ” In other words, an offensive spectacle is guaranteed with a fit Doncic, but Harrisom does not believe in victories in the really important games.
Davis, on the other hand, celebrated the championship with the Lakers, which can be used as a center and power forward, in 2020 in the Corona Bubble of Orlando, in the first year together with James.
James is now 40 years old and is therefore only the face of the Lakers for limited time. Guard Doncic, talented over the dimensions as a thrower, rebounder and passer, should take on this role in the medium term. With him to the west coast, the Würzburg Maximilian Kleber and Markieff Morris also change from Texas. In addition to Davis, Dallas also gets Max Christie and a first-class craft pick in 2029. With Utah Jazz, a third franchise is also involved in the trade.
A lot of shackers, that is common in the NBA in the days before the end of the alternating period. This trade surprised both transfer insiders and numerous NBA professionals.
Supposedly neither Doncic nor Davis were informed, nor was the NBA all-time top scorer James. The conversations between the MAVS and the Lakers were Top Secret – until the news seeped through and paralyzed the basketball world.
Already in a good three weeks, on February 25th, in Los Angeles there will be the next duel between the two clubs. It will certainly not be a normal NBA main game.