Maybe that was the point, that they wanted it done quick and behind closed doors. Luka is loved in Dallas and Luka loves Dallas too. I would imagine the push back from fans will be so great that they might try to make it impossible for management to move Luka. So they had to make the deal quick and done, hence no shopping around, no leaks to the public until it's too late.

I can't imagine they were shopping Luka without it leaking to the media. What I'm hearing this morning is that Dallas basically went straight to the Lakers (not even the other way around!) and asked if they were interested in Luka.

Maybe they know that Luka's about to retire and this is a major F-you to the Lakers. I really can't make sense of this.

Undisciplined

Stacker_Sports

Luka to the Lakers???

HardMoney

I agree they should have shopped around. Maybe they did shop around and we just don't know about it. Maybe the other teams either don't want to trade their franchise player or are unable/unwilling to give the Mavs what they asked for. But 1 first round pick for Luka is quite preposterous.