Luka Doncic trade: Why did the Mavs trade Luka to the Lakers?

Luka Doncic was traded from the Mavs to the LA Lakers in a blockbuster trade late Saturday.

[NIGHTHAWK-]

The Mavericks new owners didn't want to pay Luka $325 MILL it was never about the conditioning.

[ElGGwapoGelato]

The flags need to be halfway down today. The mavericks should be ashamed of themselves

[nate.]

Imagine trading away your star scorer/playmaker that is the face of the franchise and then now needing to make a trade for another scorer/playmaker. Unreal.

[darylhopkins]

Do not be surprised if the Mavericks ownership moves the team to Las Vegas. People that says no way just remember the Seattle SuperSonics and the Oklahoma City Thunder.

[metal--babble]

Laker fans are loading up their troll bags. The Mavs GM just sent Dallas fans down a possible road of despair, if this Luka trade goes haywire and the Lakers become better then the Mavericks.

[LandSpecialistTX]

It’s not about the answers being “good enough”. It’s if it was the truth bc I’m 100% sure what he was saying wasn’t truth

It’s more to it

[cjay]

Luka was supposed to be the next guy in dallas like dirk but i guess they threw that away lol

[truthtransistorradio]

I stand by the trade to this day! The issues the Mavs had the last few months started before the trade. Injuries! It just got worse with 9 players going down at once.

[RossDuran-egjb]

Sounds like there was a fallout between the franchise in its roots at least where the players come from as a whole and where he's picking out his talent

[dexterplameras]

This isn't as bad as Chicago getting rid of their 1998 Championship winning Bull's, but Nico Harrison seems to have the same level of Hubris that Jerry Krause had.

[lordX]

People need to understand, AD is a better player than Luka, as it relates to the team. AD is by far the better overall player of the two.

[clive]

I actually think the league itself played a part in this, it is after all Lebron's League....