Janne Palomäki
Luka Dončić was a real cerebral Pieru from Dallas Maverics, writes Janne Palomäki.
Luka Dončić (right) is one of the best European players of all time. Zumawire / mvphotos
Luka Dončić also played on Okinawa Arena parquet as Susijengi in the summer 2023 World Cup.
I went to see a few games of Slovenia, because too rarely the Finnish sports journalist is offered the opportunity to see the absolute body elite in real action.
Dončić shone a desire to play. A man’s chest was pulsating a strong Slovenian heart, And he really thirsted for success in the World Cup. For example, against Venezuela, he kicked 37 points and ripped seven rebounds.
During the following NBA season, Dončić practically trapped alone in Dallas Maverics’ conference and finals against Boston Celtics.
Basketball is the most dependent on their individuals. We all remember Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant and Lebron James.
We all know that Luka Dončić would belong to that same series if Dallas had won the championship last season.
Dallas’s logic in the super trade is at least lame. Of course, it gets Anthony Davis, one of the eight three crowns (university championships, the NBA championship and the Olympic gold) basketball players in the whole history.
Davis turns 32 in the spring and his career has suffered severely from numerous injuries.
Lakers club buddies Lebron James (left) and Anthony Davis chewed Olympic gold in Paris last summer. Aop
The shop also included 21-year-old Max Christie and the first round of booking in the summer 2029 draft. Neither of them supports the need for Maverics to win the NBA now and immediately.
Dončić could have left for free in the summer of 2026. It seems incredible that the organization was already afraid of it to give up his most important weapon to be half-free.
However, this could happen. Mavs no longer even fights for the championship of his own conference.
It is reported that Maverics took the initiative for the giant trade. There was nothing more to do for Lakers than saying “yeah” in a slightly unbelievable tone.
Of course, both Dončić and Lakers Star James are the alpha males of the basket that you want to keep the ball and throw in the decisive points. But the problem produced by two super -units is by no means overwhelming for head coach JJ Redick.
Of course, the Finns are wondering what role in all of this is Lauri Markkanen’s Utah Jazz. It’s when one of the super trade parties.
It gets the backman Jalen Hood-Schifino from Lakers and a couple of second round reservation rights for next summer’s draft.
Even before the Super Trade was announced, it had secured PJ Tucker and Mo Bamban in the barter with La Clippers.
Of these, Tucker is a 39-year-old basket veteran, the level of Hood-Schifino was not enough for Lakers and Bamba brings up to size and strength to the jazz offensive game.
This is not a trio that would turn jazz into a significant better team.
Lauri Markkanen and head coach Will Hardy (right) got a new color for the jazz suit. Aop
However, the Utahian organization is not in a position where there could be very much a crunch for new players. It tries to make a reservation for himself and keep room under the pay cap.
In any case, the rebuilding of jazz is a project of so many years that The best years of 27-year-old Markkanen are threatening to go to the League Rupusaka.