NBA Players & Legends REACT To Luka Doncic and His SHOCKING TRADE To the Los Angeles Lakers

I don't think there's a best way I don't think there's a good way to guard Luca donic in a pick and [Music] [Applause] roll the Mavericks were in position to sign Luca to a 5-year $350 million contract this summer if you have a 25-year-old who you can get under contract for 5 years at 350 million who's been all NBA five time first team all NBA five times that's that's typically in the history of the NBA a no-brainer situation there's not a stress there and what McMahon is reporting in talking to the Mavericks tonight is that they weren't sure that was a good investment this is the most shocking trade in NBA history I couldn't believe it I still I'm still somewhat thinking it's a hack I just it it's really hard to Fathom the thought process from moving on from Luca Don it it it really is at this stage of his career uh is a young man that just led a team to the finals I mean if I am Luca this is the ultimate rebuke it is the ultimate B basically insult there's no way anybody's turning down $350 million so what they're basically saying is we don't think you're worth the money it's shocking what went on to make them trade Luca Don is what I want to know I cannot wait forget about what Luca says about this I can't wait to see how Luca reacts to this there's some unique things about his his contract um that we had to pay attention to you know know there's there's other teams that were loading up you know that he was going to have he was going to be able to decide is make his own decision at some point of whether he wants to be here or not um whether we want to super max him or not or whether he wants to opt out so I think we had to take all that into consideration and um feel like we got out in front of what could have been a tumultous summer I don't know man I don't know if I I don't know when I'm thinking about it sitting here more I don't know that trade just don't make sense to me like now that it happened obviously the Lakers know like our franchise is Luka hand now like Brian you you done you're on the way out we going to build around Luca and he understand that he 40 years old the mes obviously had to make a decision this summer whether to give him 5 years $350 million that's a lot of money to give a guy you don't think can stay in shape who's always going to be hurt and let me tell you something the only people know Luca dunic is the Dallas Mavericks guys who' been with him for years who around him every every day he's a great player he's a great player but all us Talking Heads we they know some they must know something we don't know you got to let Bri make a decision at this point like hey Bri do you want to rock out and be with Luca cuz if he do Luka going to end up being like me and ET was talking he was like if he get around BR Luka going to end up being the best player in the world for the next 10 years cuz he going to learn how to work how to train his body learn how to eat right and he going to take the game to a different level cuz he going to be around Bri Bri the best athlete ever look at him at 40 does Bri want to be a mentor though I mean at this point he ain't got no choice yeah I think it's uh you know it's something that uh as Nico's brought up we are aligned right and so just understanding um Luca when I first uh came here you know excited about the opportunity to coach uh upcoming Star uh and who became a a uh Mega star and uh I was just blessed to have that opportunity to coach him uh but uh when you look at the vision of the team and what Nico wants to build I I truly support that and uh truly believe that the players that we're getting uh are the ones that can help us achieve that and that's to win a championship I do think this kind of set the into like the LeBron James making all the decisions they're like hey we love you LeBron but we're going to start what's doing best for the Lakers that's what I got out of this trade from a Lakers standpoint cuz I don't know I don't know if they didn't come tell LeBron because number one clutch Sports is Anthony's agent but it seems like to me they're like hey you know what LeBron's on his last legs let's start getting us a start for the future and uh it's going to be fun to talk about this trade sit back and watch who wins the trade insane it's crazy crazy yeah would have never thought LCA dones get traded this age you know mid season do you feel like the shifts the the balance of power at all in the west yeah me yeah I mean you got two Luka LeBron yeah like like you got Luca LeBron Bree if he can get traded then anybody's up you know for br you know there's some guys that just defy breakdown Luca defies a breakdown like what is his Scouting Report yeah let me talk about this guy what the hell is wrong with Luca got a hold of it launches it Luca Luca's different his style like it's just it's it's kind of like Street Ball mixed I mean like mixed in with the street ball and then I I don't nobody take this the wrong way play like a black guy ah gotcha I'm not going to lie to you he got the card maybe he talking he be talking no to go play he can actually ATT 10 wow he can no to go play he stand at cookout I'm about to say he over here he's a man he's fun he's a fun dude to to play against and be around for sure he has let me fix him he has swag he got swag got it he got swag there you go the the the swag he play with is crazy like he I think the the best part is when he starts calling out what he's going to do no way cuz it takes it takes like you got to be really nice to do that I have not seen somebody since probably you to be about between 6'6 and 6' 8 8 and 1/2 n that the game and everything is just like moving in slow motion to be able to moves at your own pace and be able to control every facet of the game yeah um he controls every facet of the game from scoring to rebounding to passing to just his approach when he gets the ball like even when if a team scores and his teammate Outlets the ball to him to bring the ball up you can tell the way when he bringing the ball up you have that Magic Johnson Luca donic Mantra we have that certain demeanor when we're coming up the floor you like something special if if you go and decide you want to go to cessa S and get popcorn you can miss something yeah Luca is that guy LCA Luca is that special what's interesting about Luca I think he's one of a handful of guys in this era that can make any pass against the devil team any James is one of them yep you you are for sure Luc is one of them yep so why are you blitzing I don't understand it especially with the shooting they they surround too it doesn't make sense um yeah it doesn't because he's going to make every read I just think with spacing and with shooting there's just no good answer so if people want explanations about why we're having all these scoring outputs it's because there's not a good [ __ ] answer Atlanta Blitz is the most in the NBA they decided not to litz luuka donic cuz they were worried about the consequences and he had 73 he had 73 right there's just not good answers for the best players right now no I love his game at first I didn't when he first came into the league cuz I'm like all it is is step back threes and they be short as hell he was shooting like 27% 30% from the three-point line early on just like this is the guy yeah but playing against some be just like about 40 when I was with golden state and he was controlling every possession I was like yeah he nice then his games just start expanding I didn't realize how young some of these dudes really are like you forget cuz I'm 35 going into my 15 here like Luca is like the guy obviously that's that's right on the precipice of um of accomplishing all those accolades and and just you know what he's what he's about as a player um and that threshold of like how do you just crack through I hope it's not now but like when you play against him like you can feel it he he has a real love for the game and I can see I can tell he wants to be great um and he expanding his game like you tell your fast learner too like he probably watch a [ __ ] MJ move and just go do it in the game the next night like he I feel like he one of those type of players this Michael Finley uh Grant William they tle store but I want to get to Luca I believe if Luca were to like train in the offseason get himself in tiptop shape I don't think LCA realize he's great I'm talking about he has he's transcend he's historically great but I don't think Luka realize how great he can be yeah yeah I mean look we all mature as we get older right I do think he needs to get in better shape on the one hand but on the other hand maybe this is the right shape Luca D don't play in the defense he's the reason like wait a minute y'all went from he's to Second Reincarnation of bird and somebody else combined but that's the thing I hate about our business man there's a lot of a lot of guys out there with they turn quickly Luca D is the only reason they were in the finals so tell us the story about Grant Williams you uh you signed him in Fr from the Celtics and I guess he's Michael F tells the story that he's trash talking Luca in practice uh so one day in practice a player a teammate I won't I won't call his name out but it was Grant Williams um he decided he wanted to uh get under Luca skin Grant was trying to Define himself Grant's a great guy right I still keep in touch with him I like him a lot and he was trying to Define his role with the Mavericks you know he wasn't going to be the best player but he was going to be a role player that that had to fit in made threes but he was kind of like the enforcer and he also wanted to be kind of the adult on the court you know and and with Luca it just didn't go over well at all when you start trash talking Luca right that's never going to end well he felt that Luca didn't come to practice come to come that day ready to practice so make a long story short he's they had a scrimmage going he's talking trash to Luca up and down the court so finally luuka says okay and I tell you Luca went on a 26 to6 run by himself oh my God from day one I was like this dude is good this dude is good but like also I'm thinking like like damn this dude is good do I belong that's that's all like the type of doubt that it put in my mind like this dude he was that good M he's I can't even you can ask any vet on that team it was like DeAndre Jordan West Matthews Harrison Barnes um JJ Berea Devin Harris they all say the same thing and look you can ask anybody I'm not exaggerating it was like a 26-6 run by himself I played probably the best defense of anyone i' like think about Gard Luca and this man was hit he threw up the ball four times in went in you said thre up threw it up like one of those like all right cool like good defense and he's falling up falling away he's not even looking at the basket threw it up cash and I'm like I'm literally talking to him like there's no absolutely no way he's just smiling running down the court trying I'm like man cuz with my agency too so I'm like man I ha hate you so much the best part is when he starts calling out what he's going to do like that's some Larry Bird [ __ ] oh yeah like I'm going to go down I'mma post up one leg faint like yeah watch what do to him you see they talking about Luca comparing him to Larry Bird yeah you know why they doing that right let's hear it l bird should talk that [ __ ] to [ __ ] white boys Asian didn't didn't give a [ __ ] who you was you understand Luke out here talking his [ __ ] n talking it like you know what I'm saying everybody Seline including the coach was like do not poke the bear that's what everybody kep saying do not poke the bear and we had guests in the gym at the time and they on the sideline he gives me the stink eye you know you are not doing that to Luca and Grant found out the hard way the kid couldn't miss now I'm not talking easy shots yeah he was showing the whole repertoire in this five six minute span was like a 26 to6 run by himself does he chirp at you he chirps at everybody it seems like seems like is the rest more than anything no he talks to the rest a lot he he actually talks to his teammates pumps his teammates up a lot too yeah yeah um he he complains to the refs like all the time mid mid gathered like yo he's fouling me as I'm like he plays so slow and it's like sometimes you just he gets fou I'll say yeah you end up having your hands on him sometimes and and like you know trying to it's hard cuz he go slow to fast so easily and he just so smooth with it like I just love his game Luca split the defense there I guess it's like you you know he's going to his step back you you know know that the play is going to be drawn up for him he already has 40 it's like of course that shot's going in and literally bro and like while we watch like that literally donic down to 3 seconds 2 seconds donic for the win oh yeah Luca donic the deer but he's taking himself from I said it yesterday it's like from being right at the cusp to like now Bonafide Superstar Luca is I mean for somebody who has the ball in his hands as much as he does and he controls the whole game um with his Pace you know what I'm saying like he gets a he gets a good shot up every time down that's rare for somebody who going have a ball all game like him so I was watching some of his film and um you know his ball handling get into the rim how he breaking guys down in the mid-range now like a few years ago it felt like it was only threes and layups now he posting up shooting fadeaways lot of yeah lot of post a lot of midi work along with the threes and lays so he he just made himself into a complete offensive player man he's so cool out there I mean he just everything just just slow I mean just major moves just and a wet ball I mean he shoot the blood out of that thing man Luca is Luca donic is not a vertical or linear athlete but he got bre he's got the best breaks in the [ __ ] world and can you explain why breaks make it so effective well so what he does there's there's a constant change of pace he's on balance he's trying to get you on B off balance once you're off balance he's still on balance he changes his Pace yeah he has created an advantage at that point yeah yeah so now he's got you on his hip potentially he's blown by you maybe you reach in he goes through he draws a foul whatever but let's say you catch up to him you're now going in acceleration full speed and he goes into deceleration you fly by so on his drives his ability to decelerate yeah is special but bro what what makes Luca special I know you recently said he was your favorite player his size he gigant I mean he's gigantic 68 68 point guard he's 225 LBZ he has the ball on the string and but more importantly his his vision that's why I love his his vision he he can control a game he don't he doesn't even have to shoot he will literally he'll walk the ball up the court 10 straight times and get to his spot every single time just because of his Pace he knows when he comes off a pick and roll if they're hard showing or if they hedging or if they dropping the pick and roll he know I can turn the corner cuz I got the shoulder and I know the third line of defense when I get there if I just slow down just slow down use my pivots you know not even jump just the Euro one two this gu's flying by he's flying by every time it's it's the mind also you got to think that they not through they can't be through moving and trying to make moves with the with what they're going to be left with with LeBron and Lua and you know no bigs and stuff like that so you got to think there there's more moves to be made for the Lakers [Music] but