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Nuggets, Celtics, and the Truth About Who Really Won the Lakers Trade
The Anthony Davis versus Luka Dončić trade debate continues as we examine which star truly gives the Lakers the better championship opportunity. Using matchups against the Nuggets and Celtics as key data points, we explore why declaring a winner in this trade might be premature despite conventional wisdom.
• Comparing Lakers' performance with Anthony Davis (AD) and Luka against elite teams like the Celtics and Nuggets
• Lakers beat the Celtics with AD but lost to them with Luka Dončić
• Questions about sustainability of Lakers' victory over Denver with Luka (unsustainable shooting, Jokić's subpar game)
• Concerns about Luka's long-term durability despite the five-year age advantage over AD
• Potential parallels to previous Lakers trades where young talent was surrendered prematurely
• Analysis of championship windows against different Western Conference contenders
• Questioning whether Lakers made another premature decision by prioritizing future potential over present championship opportunities
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What's up everybody? It's your favorite show's favorite show Get a Bucket. I'm your host, trent, as usual. I hope you're all having a wonderful, wonderful day Today. We're going to jump right on into it, right? We're going to talk about Luka versus Anthony Davis. I know the trades already happened. We already know Anthony Davis has gone down. As Laker fans, laker Nation, we can't definitively say we still won the trade. 'm sorry, I hear you. The mavs injuries as a team, as a unit as a whole, is the reason why they're down and out this season. Not anthony davis, if he had came back and kairi was still on the squad, gafford and lively, you know, saying like there was actually a world where the mavericks could win a championship this season. Um, I have some gripes with the Lakers currently, but let's talk about it as a matter of fact. Let's use these two contenders as examples, because Anthony Davis and Luka Doncic both played against the Celtics and the Nuggets while wearing a Laker uniform. So we do have somewhat of a sample size small, yes, but somewhat of a sample size. Now we all know about the Nuggets. Right, let's start with them. We all know that the Nuggets have had our number over the last couple of years, ladies and gentlemen, so it's not wild that we lost our first matchup with Anthony Davis versus the Nuggets. Okay, jokic has had our number for quite some time. Their coach even said who's your daddy, like you know what I mean. Like it's kind of disgusting work. Well, we won our first matchup with Luka versus the Nuggets, right, so, I know, getting to the finals. People might be thinking, okay, well, we at least can get there now. Well, let's pump the brakes too. If you keep in mind, we still play the Nuggets two more times, one today and then two on the 19th as well. So I want to see how we do those games. But yeah, we did lose with AD, so I'll give you all that. Let's spin the block and go to the Celtics, though, because, again, like I said, both AD and Luka played versus the Celtics and Anthony Davis won his matchup actually in quite good fashion, and we lost our matchup with Luka versus the Celtics in a decent fashion. Like we lost by 10 points, keep in mind, with AD, it's about a 21-point swing and stuff happens, but I just want to say our Lakers quote-unquote big three you got to include austin riesel that we out, we outperformed not just that, yeah, we outperformed the celtics, starting five, that's with anthony davis, with luca. Our Lakers quote unquote, big three did not beat the Celtics duo, not definitively. And keep in mind too, there was no Kristaps Porzingis when Luka played versus Celtics, and we were healthy, by the way. Now, ladies and gentlemen, I understand Again, like I said, it's a small sample size, very small sample size, but when I look at the Nuggets, well again, we've already lost it. We know that that's a poor matchup for us. I get that. Let's talk about the other teams in the West, though, because I do think we could actually win against those other teams. So if the only team is the Nuggets, we've actually seen teams beat them. So if the only team is the Nuggets and we've actually seen teams beat them well, at least one, the Wolves but there is a world where another team could beat them. I'd like to take that personally, because you got to tell me why I can win with Luka and Braun versus the Celtics, which I just saw. I don't think that's going to happen. I don't even know if we're going to win versus the Bucs, if I'm keeping it a buck with you, but if we had Anthony Davis, I do think we had a shot at winning, at least a better shot this season at winning. Now we're talking about the future because again, 80s, 30, lucas 25. I hear you, I do get it. But, ladies and gentlemen, again, if y'all have heard the program, y'all know I have concerns about luka's longevity, not just with us but in the nba itself. So again, I don't know, and keep in mind too, ladies, I mean that nuggets matchup, that we, that we banking so highly on with luka. Well, yoka did have a subpar game. Do we expect that every time? I don't. Personally, I also don't expect the Nuggets defense to be non-existent the way it did. I don't expect ours to look as elite as it did. Like Braun had three blocks, luka had four steals, the Lakers, my boys, got hot. Like that is disgusting. We shot 45% from three as a team. I'm sorry. The starters did yeah. How do you beat that Now? Do we do that in a series? That's the question. So again, ladies and gentlemen, I can't definitively say yes, while there's a lot of data supporting that AD is not going to beat Yoki. We've seen that Hell. He doesn't even do well against international bigs. Shout out to Montez Sabonis, shout out Joel Van B. I hear you, I'm saying we might have had a better shot with AD. So I'm saying we might have had a better shot with AD. So I mean this could be another instance where maybe we traded players prematurely because we're thinking about the future and pairing them with Braun. Again, if y'all know me, I've definitely stated we lost our youth way too early when we went and got Anthony Davis because we knew he was going to come to our team, the Lakers. We knew that so we didn't have to trade all our young guns. So maybe this is a similar situation. Even though we did get a prime player, I got question marks still. But, ladies and gentlemen, maybe y'all think I'm wild, maybe y'all think I'm ridiculous. Again, I'm using the Celtics and the Nuggets as a baseline to say, hey, we may want to pump the brakes on who won this matchup, who won this trade. Again, longevity-wise may lean in our favor. I got to wait and see what happens, but maybe, like I said, y'all are ahead of the game and I'm just catching up, but maybe that could be the case. I'm not perfect, but I want y'all to please like, subscribe, comment, tell anyone who's anyone about the show. My name is Trey. I'm the host of Get A Bucket. Hope you all are having a good one. Thank you all for listening. Take care.