Jimmy Butler to the Warriors as part of a five team deal. Andrew Wiggins to Miami.
I’m blown away. The Mavericks had a superstar player, a player that got them international attention, and they traded it away for what? My first response was “how many players did they get in return?”
I’m also wondering if there’s ever been a team that traded away a superstar player and came out ahead.
Except for the impending payday.
The flipside is that aging gets him motivated to do more conditioning once his performance starts to drop.
And just like clockwork:
Dallas Mavericks star power forward/center Anthony Davis is expected to sit out multiple weeks because of a left adductor strain, sources told ESPN on Sunday night.
His absence could stretch to a month, sources said, because of an injury that cut short his spectacular debut with his new franchise. Davis, the headliner of the Mavs’ return from the controversial trade of 25-year-old superstar Luka Doncic]to the Los Angeles Lakers, exited Saturday’s win over the Houston Rockets with 1:37 left in the third quarter after recording 26 points, 16 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 blocks in 31 minutes.
On top of that, the Maverick’s are ejecting folks out of the arena who dare to express that opinion that Nico Harrison should be fired:
Doncic made is Lakers debut last night and played 24 minutes. Go Lakers!
Another year another awful all star game.
Oh, c’mon; they had robot dogs throwing t-shirts to the crowd. What more could you want from an all-star game?
Wembanyama shut down for the season, guess we need to spend time just watching the Lakers now.
The Warriors retired Andre Iguodala’s #9 jersey tonight. He was a four-time NBA champion and won the 2015 NBA Finals MVP award.
Pistons. Wow, the Pistons!
8 in a row and destroyed the Celtics last night for their eighth.
From worst in the league last year to a proper, good team this year. Amazing.
Nikola Jokic got a massive triple-double - 31 points, 21 rebounds, and 22 assists - in leading the Nuggets to a 149-141 overtime win over the Suns.
First 30/20/20 game in NBA history, and he was questionable to even play that day due to an ankle injury.
Jokic is already a three-time MVP, and his averages continue to climb. He could conceivably win his fourth this year.
Well, he IS kinda chunky. They should just trade him. To Orlando.
In a fantastic game, my Pacers beat the Bucks by one point on a spectacular four-point play by Tyrese Haliburton.
That was an AMAZING shot. Made Reggie Miller proud.
NBA announced they were investigating the OKC Thunder for sitting all five of their starters against Portland last week. Seeing as the Thunder WON the game, the NBA should be looking at Portland. 
Why is that against the rules?
Something about being required to make full effort in every game? I believe there are stipulations that players may not, uh obviously, half-ass it in any game. But coach’s decision to start 5 different guys? Hmmmm…
Marketing. Because the schedule is too fucking long and crowded, coaches would sensibly sit star players to give them rest in less important games. This supposedly cheats the ticket-paying public of getting to see their favorite stars. This used to/still does happen a lot in smaller markets with less competitive teams. So they cracked down on it - now you need a real medical excuse, no strategic resting. It still gets fudged a lot, but five stars out looks like kinda blatant fudging (aka lying).
Solvable if they just cut the schedule by 10%, but $$$$.
I agree that the NBA season is entirely too long. It takes. a great toll on player health. At least with baseball, most of the time players are sitting in the dugout or bullpen, and the outfielders don’t have to react to every play.