Soldier
not redeemed with gold but with His Blood
No these franchises seem predisposed to help the Lakers regardless of situation. So he really didn't do shyt but played along with this goofy ass need to have the Lakers be relevant at all times.
You never see other teams in football, baseball and hockey helping the highest profile team of their respective leagues (Cowboys, Yankees and Maple Leafs) like that. You will never see teams in other leagues give those three particular teams elite players for cheap this quickly.This gotta be the NBA helping out.
The Lakers aren't THAT damn good in the front office. Teams just give them shyt for no reason.
Nico could have shopped Luka around and gotten a big azz haul. Rudy and Milan got...what 4 or 5-first rd picks? Luka on the open market might have been worth between 6 and 10 firsts. Realistically probably 3 to 5 with some players thrown in.
This is a unique situation in professional sports.
but other nba teams and their front offices will make it easy for the Lakers. Pau Gasol trade, the Doncic trade, the AD trade with the pelicans, etc