Overnight with the Luka Doncic trade, the NBA moved out of the superstar empowerment era and into one where teams build within the jammed-puzzle machinations of its new CBA.
This weekend, the NBA changed overnight. It has long been stuck between eras and weighed down by the jammed-puzzle machinations of its new collective bargaining agreement. But late on Saturday night, those new terms finally collided fully with the league’s preceding superstar empowerment era. And from that crash, a new paradigm was born. Here, LeBron James is not consulted about a dramatic change in his franchise’s direction; nor are Luka Doncic, or Anthony Davis.
The Lakers’ circumstances at the negotiating table weren’t the same as Dallas’, but they were close enough. Every front office in the sport, to some profound extent, feels like the Mavericks do; they reportedly experienced a-like sensation as Doncic’s supermax extension loomed. Los Angeles, evidently, is less concerned about Luka’s difficulties with weight and conditioning.
Right now, the following argument prevails: it is nuts to trade away a young man who just led your team to the NBA Finals. But this point will not stand if Doncic doesn’t transition to L.A. gracefully. He has missed more games than he’s played this season and was performing worse in almost every category, compared to last year, when he was on the floor. The Mavericks, it stands to reason, thought his difficulties were more intrinsic than transitional.
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