[Sean Cunningham] Luka Doncic as he puts away the Kings tonight in Sacramento with his final free throw, then as the final horn sounds, waves goodbye to former Kings GM Vlade Divac seated courtside and says “he shoulda’ drafted me.”
Luka Doncic as he puts away the Kings tonight in Sacramento with his final free throw, then as the final horn sounds, waves goodbye to former Kings GM Vlade Divac seated courtside and says "he shoulda' drafted me." pic.twitter.com/6j26cLprxA
— Sean Cunningham (@SeanCunningham) March 30, 2024
by Stevie_McGhee
23 Comments
Savage!
Thats just mean lol
He’s petty and it’s great.
What a beast 🤣
Luka really is the incarnation of Larry Bird………not the style of play but the devastating shit talk lol.
I hear no lies
Doesn’t papa doncic and vlade have beef too?
Luka is just waving at a fellow Mavs HOF. I don’t see any issues here
Amazing lol
HE GOT THAT DAWG IN HIM, MVP
he wants blood😮💨
>Did Vlade Divac’s daddy issues really keep Sacramento from drafting Luka Doncic?
>That theory was floated on [Adrian Wojnarowski’s podcast by ESPN’s Tim MacMahon](http://www.espn.com/espnradio/podcast/archive/_/id/26974840), who said Divac — the Kings’ general manager — passed on the Dallas triple-double machine and emerging MVP candidate with the No. 2 pick in the 2018 draft at least partly due to a problem with Doncic’s father.
>“My understanding is that [Divac] being so close to Luka and knowing his dad so well factored into their decision,” MacMahon, who covers the Mavericks for ESPN, said on the Woj Pod. “Basically, he didn’t think a whole lot of Luka’s dad, and the whole ‘like-father-like-son’ … Well, no, this is a different dude. You messed that one up, Vlade.”
>After the Suns took Arizona big man Deandre Ayton with the No. 1 overall pick in last year’s draft, the Kings bypassed Doncic and selected Duke forward Marvin Bagley III. The Hawks then traded the rights to the third pick to the Mavericks in a package topped by the rights to Trae Young.Did Vlade Divac’s daddy issues really keep Sacramento from drafting Luka Doncic?
That theory was floated on Adrian Wojnarowski’s podcast by ESPN’s Tim MacMahon,
who said Divac — the Kings’ general manager — passed on the Dallas
triple-double machine and emerging MVP candidate with the No. 2 pick in
the 2018 draft at least partly due to a problem with Doncic’s father.
>
“My understanding is that [Divac] being so close to Luka and knowing
his dad so well factored into their decision,” MacMahon, who covers the
Mavericks for ESPN, said on the Woj Pod. “Basically, he didn’t think a
whole lot of Luka’s dad, and the whole ‘like-father-like-son’ … Well,
no, this is a different dude. You messed that one up, Vlade.”
After the Suns took Arizona big man Deandre Ayton with the No. 1
overall pick in last year’s draft, the Kings bypassed Doncic and
selected Duke forward Marvin Bagley III. The Hawks then traded the
rights to the third pick to the Mavericks in a package topped by the
rights to Trae Young.
So this is true?
💀💀💀💀
Badass
He’s right lol
ESPN: “LUKA WANTS A TRADE TO THE KINGS?”
Divac and his son got dinner with Luka in Madrid weeks before the 2018 draft. He knows Luka’s father well. Luka had every reason to believe he would be drafted by the Kings. I assume Divac going a different route felt personal for someone as competitive and prideful as Luka.
It is also just one of the all-time draft blunders by Divac, made even worse by the unique insight he had into Luka’s talent going into the draft.
The baffling Kings took Bagley over Luka! Halleluka
their coach spent half of the post game press conference to praise luka, kai and the entire team, especially in that 4th qtr.
Love this, not just for obvious reasons, but because that POS Vlade brought flopping to the mainstream NBA.
That’s petty and extremely unprofessional.
And I’m here for every ounce of it
Vlade Divac after drafting Marvin Bagley over Luka Doncic in 2018: “Better fit, better player. It was an easy choice.”
💀💀💀
Don’t need to be doing this
Stay humble young fella