Luka Doncic commerce to Lakers could not be vetoed, NBA commish says

The Dallas Mavericks buying and selling Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers was so beautiful, that followers have been asking NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to veto the commerce. 

Silver, 62, defined that he doesn’t have the facility to veto any commerce throughout a latest look on Barstool Sports activities’ “Pardon My Take.“

“The reply is not any, consider it or not. There’s some confusion individuals have yelled out to me for some purpose within the final week or so after I’ve been at video games that I must be vetoing that commerce the best way David Stern vetoed a commerce again within the outdated days and there’s at all times some confusion there,” Silver mentioned. 

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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks earlier than the Paris Video games 2025 NBA basketball recreation between the San Antonio Spurs and Indiana Pacers at Accor Enviornment. (Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters through Imagn Photographs)

Late NBA Commissioner David Stern vetoed a blockbuster three-way commerce following the 2011 lockout. 

The Lakers would have acquired 26-year-old famous person level guard Chris Paul to workforce up with Kobe Bryant from the then-New Orleans Hornets. The Lakers would have shipped out Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol. The NBA owned the Hornets on the time, and the overall supervisor, Dell Demps, didn’t get Sterns’ approval for the commerce. 

As soon as Stern came upon, he vetoed the commerce, however he was solely capable of veto that blockbuster as a result of the league owned the workforce, not as a result of he was a commissioner. 

Silver mentioned whatever the deserves of the commerce, he can’t veto a deal that he doesn’t like. 

“I imply the best way we don’t put a thumb on the size, so to talk, when a commerce comes into the league workplace, what our basketball and authorized of us do is that they guarantee that that commerce works beneath the confines of the collective bargaining settlement, no matter guidelines are in place,” he mentioned. “Then it’s up or down, it will get accredited or not based mostly on these guidelines. We don’t get to weigh in on what we expect the deserves of the commerce are or must be.”

LUKA DONCIC MAKES LAKERS DEBUT AFTER BLOCKBUSTER TRADE

Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic gestures as he comes again in through the first half of an NBA basketball recreation towards the Utah Jazz on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025 in Los Angeles. (AP Photograph/Mark J. Terrill)

When requested if he no less than thought it was cool that Doncic can be in an enormous market now in Los Angeles, Silver identified that Dallas is a big media market. 

“Frankly, Dallas is an enormous market, and was I stunned that he was traded from that standpoint? Yeah, I’m a fan and the groups don’t essentially give the league inside info on these sorts of issues, in order that commerce wasn’t one which I noticed coming. By the best way, I really like Luka. I’ve identified him because the day he got here into the league. He’s clearly an awesome participant, he’s an awesome younger man and groups make these trades for causes that in some instances solely they know,” Silver mentioned. 

Silver added he wished each the Lakers and Mavericks to achieve success following the seismic commerce. 

“The one factor I’ll say is having been with this league for a very long time, like really nothing is written. Individuals who say they’ll predict the long run usually can’t and we’ll see. I’m form of rooting for Dallas, and I’m rooting for the Lakers. I’m rooting for Anthony Davis to recuperate rapidly and be the All-Star, we all know he will be and keep wholesome for a very long time and I’m positively rooting for Luka to display to the world what an awesome participant he’s in LA.” 

Davis suffered a groin harm within the Mavericks’ win over the Houston Rockets on Saturday and is predicted to overlook a number of weeks, per ESPN.

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Dallas Mavericks ahead Anthony Davis, #3, leaves the sport towards the Houston Rockets through the third quarter on the American Airways Heart. (Jerome Miron-Imagn Photographs)

Doncic made his Lakers debut on Monday and scored 14 factors in 24 minutes within the Lakers win. It was his first recreation again from harm since hurting his calf on Christmas. 

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