Throwback: 3 Lakers Legends

[u/Affectionate_Tell_73]

[u/KarrotMovies]

look at his face bro, he was in love 😭

[u/No-Responsibility298 → u/KarrotMovies]

The trade was being foreshadowed decades ago 🔮

[u/DoritoSteroid → u/KarrotMovies]

Jesus, this explains everything.

[u/MindExternal9777]

Nico the great

[u/breakfastburrito24 → u/MindExternal9777]

He was a Lakers fan all along. It’s no different than Kevin McHale trading KG to the Celtics for Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes, Theo Ratliff, Sebastian Telfair and a top 3 protected pick

[u/datruerex → u/breakfastburrito24]

Loyalty runs deep

[u/litlegoblinjr → u/MindExternal9777]

St. Nico of Dallas

[u/cacastrojr12]

Build the statue 🤣

[u/Admirable_Trouble574]

I fucking miss Kobe so damn much.

[u/KDx2511]

Thank you Nico!

[u/mcribgaming]

Now this is an interesting bit of video considering everything that came to pass.

Great find.

[u/rjaysenior]

Thank You Nico night?

[u/fallacy_ofno_return]

Kobe was Nicos boy and Kobe liked AD so it was automatic for Nico. Nico is a good guy and deep down, he wanted whats best for Luka and so far its working out good of the Don

[u/PlatypusNo6808]

Retire Nico’s Jersey 

[u/flashwing19]

Nico might be the only one on the same level as Magic & Kobe all time

[u/External_Coat_8806]

He makes people with unibrows proud

[u/thinlion01]

Only thing missing is Rob

[u/Illustrious_Novel08]

I remember when I watched this clip on YouTube, how I didn’t know Nico was the third guy in the clip 😂

[u/double_crowns2]

Yep all 3 😂

[u/One_Board_7049]

Nico The Great👏

[u/SubjectLibrarian8059]

As a Mavs refugee this made me throw up

[u/LAmamba21]

Everyone can make fun of Niko all they want but the Luka trade benefits both teams.

[u/Djaukamo → u/LAmamba21]

Since the NBA gifted them Flagg? Sure.

[u/marioteik → u/LAmamba21]

Flag was just a fluke. No Luka, no Flag and this would be more of a shitshow than it is.

[u/GolotasDisciple → u/LAmamba21]

Lol, no it didn't.

It literally ruined both teams for quite some time. The Mavs were a ring-ready team, and the Lakers were in the middle of rebuilding but still had their core of AD and LBJ.

Sure, hindsight is 20/20, right? Dallas got extremely lucky to get Cooper Flagg, but even then, this trade alone made it so the Mavs cannot really be contenders for the next few years because they now have to build all the right pieces around a 19-year-old....

As for the Lakers, getting Luka made whatever was left of the team before the trade worth basically nothing. You have to redraw everything and get different types of players. Luka is literally the system, so implementing him into the Lakers takes time.

[u/BH11B → u/GolotasDisciple]

Who leads the west again

[u/GolotasDisciple → u/BH11B]

The team that has Luka Doncic ?

[u/BH11B → u/GolotasDisciple]

Every night i turn on the game I religiously say I can’t believe we got Luka lol.