Russillo on the Simmons podcast said it best last night when they were talking the conditioning issues, "I don't care if he's smoking a cigarette while bringing the ball up the court, HE'S A TOP 4 PLAYER IN THE WORLD."

Not too rehash much of what BCR said already, but the division between Luka and AD, in the reality of the NBA, is a much bigger gulf than people think. Nico must owe pelinka a favor from the past. The Lakers had 3 1sts they could trade....Dallas could only get 1???? You cant convince me that Pelinka drew a hard line in the sand on that issue.

Even more insulting is the Mavs SENT a 2nd rounder to Utah to help facilitate LMAO.

Speaking of, hat tip to Ainge, always a master at extracting value. For the price of taking the rest of Hood-Schifino's rookie deal, he gets two more 2nd rounders.