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NBA Regular Season thread: Tank for Cooper Flagg Initiated

Lakers are now the 4th seed. Not bad for legm firing Spam and hiring his podcast buddy. I remember a bunch of cans here who thought it would be a disaster. Not surprised they disappeared.
 
Maybe it’s for the best for the Lakers. They would’ve been without any scoring threat off the bench.
 
Croaker said:
what condition?
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LOS ANGELES -- The Lakers said Saturday night that their trade with the Charlotte Hornets for Mark Williams was rescinded, with sources telling ESPN's Shams Charania that the 7-foot center failed Los Angeles' physical exam.

That physical showed multiple issues, sources said. It was not failed due to his back, however.

Williams has played in only 85 out of a possible 212 games through his first two-and-a-half seasons with the Hornets (40.1%). Los Angeles was confident in his medicals, sources told ESPN at the time the trade was agreed upon.

Lakers vice president of basketball operations and general manager Rob Pelinka expressed confidence in the acquisition after the trade deadline passed Thursday, while acknowledging that a physical would need to occur.

"We fully vetted his health stuff, led by Dr. Kris Jones at UCLA Health and Dr. Leroy Sims on our team, and he's had no surgeries," Pelinka said. "So these are just parts of, he's still growing into his body. We vetted the injuries he's had and we're not concerned about those. We will have a chance to have a physical and continue to do a deep dive and make sure that what we've talked about and seen in the [electronic medical records]. ... So we'll still have that step in the process of doing a full physical before the trade becomes official."

Lakers rookie Dalton Knecht along with Cam Reddish, a 2030 pick swap and L.A.'s 2031 first-round pick was the return going to Charlotte. The trade was agreed to Wednesday night and became official on a trade call to the league office Thursday after L.A.'s 120-112 win over the Golden State Warriors.

Because the deadline has passed, the trade was not allowed to be amended to account for whatever new medical information the Lakers may have discovered in their evaluation of Williams.

The Hornets said they are "excited" to welcome Williams back to the team in a statement Saturday night.

"After the other team aggressive pursued Mark, we made the difficult decision to move him," the Hornets said. "We have always held great respect for Mark's talent, work ethic, and character. We are thrilled to see him rejoin our roster as a dynamic presence at the starting center position. His return strengthens our team, and we look forward to the impact he will make on and off the court."

Williams was listed as questionable for the Lakers' 124-117 win over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday. When asked before the game if Williams would play, Lakers coach JJ Redick said, "The trade is still pending so no answer there."

The deal was supposed to give L.A. a vertical spacing big man to play alongside Luka Doncic, while also opening a roster spot for the Lakers to pursue another player on the buyout market. With the trade rescinded, the Lakers are back to 15 rostered players, meaning they would need to waive someone to open up room to sign a player off the buyout market. L.A. is $1.6 million below the second apron and cannot exceed that amount to sign another player.

The deal falling through also means the Lakers will be sticking with their current center rotation for the immediate future, with Jaxson Hayes in the starting role in the wake of the Anthony Davis-Luka Doncic blockbuster. Behind Hayes are two-way centers Trey Jemison III and Christian Koloko.

The other big man on the roster, Christian Wood, has yet to play this season after suffering a setback in his rehab from knee surgery. There is no formal timeline for his return.
 
Mavs owner Patrick Dumont must have decided he didnt want his GM standing alone taking all the heat

Dumont said:

“In my mind, the way teams win is by focus, by having the right character, by having the right culture, and having the right dedication to work as hard as possible to create a championship-winning outcome. And if you’re not doing that, you’re going to lose. If you look at the greats in the league, the people you and I grew up with — [Michael] Jordan, [Larry] Bird, Kobe [Bryant], Shaq[uille O'Neal] — they worked really hard every day, with a singular focus to win. And if you don’t have that, it doesn’t work. And if you don’t have that, you shouldn’t be part of the Dallas Mavericks.”

super pissed off Luka incoming. As a Laker fan, yes please, keep it going mavs! Tell us more about how lazy Luka is
 
llperez22 said:
Mavs owner Patrick Dumont must have decided he didnt want his GM standing alone taking all the heat

Dumont said:

“In my mind, the way teams win is by focus, by having the right character, by having the right culture, and having the right dedication to work as hard as possible to create a championship-winning outcome. And if you’re not doing that, you’re going to lose. If you look at the greats in the league, the people you and I grew up with — [Michael] Jordan, [Larry] Bird, Kobe [Bryant], Shaq[uille O'Neal] — they worked really hard every day, with a singular focus to win. And if you don’t have that, it doesn’t work. And if you don’t have that, you shouldn’t be part of the Dallas Mavericks.”

super pissed off Luka incoming. As a Laker fan, yes please, keep it going mavs! Tell us more about how lazy Luka is
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Its not the Mavs fans, or Luka's teamates, its Nico Harrison, Miriam Adelson, and Patrick Dumont. Its 3 cocksuckers in a metropolis of millions of people. They are the only ones pushing this narrative.
 
llperez22 said:
Mavs owner Patrick Dumont must have decided he didnt want his GM standing alone taking all the heat

Dumont said:

“In my mind, the way teams win is by focus, by having the right character, by having the right culture, and having the right dedication to work as hard as possible to create a championship-winning outcome. And if you’re not doing that, you’re going to lose. If you look at the greats in the league, the people you and I grew up with — [Michael] Jordan, [Larry] Bird, Kobe [Bryant], Shaq[uille O'Neal] — they worked really hard every day, with a singular focus to win. And if you don’t have that, it doesn’t work. And if you don’t have that, you shouldn’t be part of the Dallas Mavericks.”

super pissed off Luka incoming. As a Laker fan, yes please, keep it going mavs! Tell us more about how lazy
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Just shows what this retard knows about basketball lmao what a joke
 
MusterX said:
Its not the Mavs fans, or Luka's teamates, its Nico Harrison, Miriam Adelson, and Patrick Dumont. Its 3 cocksuckers in a metropolis of millions of people. They are the only ones pushing this narrative.
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It shows that they are braindead idiots trying to spin a false narrative that everyone knows is bullshit. As if the statements weren’t bad enough, notice that he didn’t even list the man who exemplified the traits he described that is on his own team, Dirk….shows that these aren’t Mavs’ guys and don’t care about the team or it’s history.
 
MM808 said:
It shows that they are braindead idiots trying to spin a false narrative that everyone knows is bullshit. As if the statements weren’t bad enough, notice that he didn’t even list the man who exemplified the traits he described that is on his own team, Dirk….shows that these aren’t Mavs’ guys and don’t care about the team or it’s history.
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He listed Shaq...who was known for showing up to training camp fat, like Luka, then playing his way into shape, like Luka. So that's kinda funny because it detracts from his entire argument just uttering the word Shaq.
 
Lakers got Luka. Warriors got Butler. Clippers got Ben Simmons.

The Adelsons are tryna get tha Mavs to Vegas.

What's up with west coast teams? Somehow I am speculating this is related to Kamala losing and tech bros siding with Trump.
 
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