The amazing decision of the Dallas Mavericks at Trade Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Anthony Davis sent shock waves around the Nba. Since the time since the news was announced, everyone asked the same question: “Why?”
Why the Mavericks, less than a year old, withdrawn from a trip to the final, would they exchange their 25-year-old faces from the franchise, which won the honors of the first all-NBA team during each of the last five seasons And is about to be an excellent big? Here is what the director general of the Mavericks, Nico Harrison, had to say immediately:
“I think the defense wins the championships”, ” Harrison said to Espn. “I believe that obtaining an all-defensive center and an All-NBA player with a defensive state of mind gives us a better chance. We are built to win now and in the future.”
The exchange of Douteic for Davis will certainly improve the defense of the Mavericks. Davis is a winner five times, Elite Rim Protector – currently fourth in the league with 2.1 blocks per game – and a versatile athlete which can extend to the perimeter if necessary. Dononic, on the other hand, is widely considered as a responsibility on this side of the ball.
The major question, of course, is whether the short -term defense improvement is worth losing one of the most talented players in the League. For all Doncic faults, he led the team in the final last season and is an offense to himself. Now he’s gone, and the two best Mavericks players are both in their thirties. As talented as Davis and Kyrie Irving, neither is capable of supporting the burden that Doncouic has throughout his career.
While Harrison focused on defense in his initial statement to the press, there are reports that suggest that the team had other problems with Doncic – namely their poor health and packaging. Via Dave McMenam::
The Mavericks were motivated to move Doncic because of his constant conditioning problems, sources told ESPN. There had been a significant frustration within the organization about the lack of Discipline of Donci concerning his diet and packaging, that team sources considered a major factor in his injury problems.
Dononic, which has been sidelined since Christmas Day with a calf injury, is regularly away and has never played more than 72 games in one season. According to McMenamin, Doncic has weighed up to 260 pounds this season.
The agreement is all the more surprising given that Dononc had not requested trade, According to Marc Stein. In fact, the Mavericks planned to give to Donon a contract extension of $ 345 million over five years this summer until Harrison changed the course.
Has Harrison made the right decision? The initial consensus is no, but only time will tell us.
