This is good.
Hardwood Paroxysm
@HPbasketball
Again, I'm just trying to imagine this conversation
"Listen, I'm going to trade you Luka Doncic for your 32-year-old injury prone 2nd option and one pick, but you CAN'T TELL ANYONE. That might damage my chances of doing this deal with you."
".... I understand. I will keep this secret, my brother."
It reminds me of some of the CB Draft trades back in the day.
Kirk Goldsberry of The Ringer, speaking on the "Bill Simmons Podcast" on Monday, revealed the Mavericks even left some assets on the table from the Lakers.
One of my sources inside the Lakers was indicating that the deal was bigger and that there were two firsts, and it was Dalton Knecht, and the deal got whittled down because I think Rob Pelinka was able to convince the Dallas Mavericks that Luka is a lot of risk.
Nico: Hey, what could you offer for Doncic?
Pelinka: Are you serious? I don't have a lot of draft capital, but what about AD, Knecht, Christie and two #1s?
Nico: Sounds good.
Pelinka: Err... I spoke with ownership. They don't think that Luka is worth that type of risk. What if we kept Knect out of the deal?
Nico: Sure.
Pelinka: Thumbs down, again, buddy. Jeanie is just really risk averse. I can only do one #1.
Nico: Let's get this done before I do something stupid and talk to other teams.