Heavy Luka Dončić Theories with Kiese Laymon
On this episode of Edge of Sports, Kiese Laymon joins the show to talk about a bombshell NBA trade.
Edge of Sports
Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
Heavy Luka Theories with Kiese Laymon
It's being called the most shocking trade in basketball or even sports history: All-NBA guard Luka Doncic was sent from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis. Everyone is searching for reasons why the Mavericks would throw away Doncic, a generationally great player who is only 25 years old.
On Edge of Sports, we break the trade down with none other than Kiese Laymon. The writer of books like Heavy and Long Division and a professor at Rice University, Laymon helps us break down why it may have happened, as well as some theories to help us make sense of the senseless. We look at Luka, LeBron, the executives in charge, and the very shady new Mavericks owner and bankroller of Trump, the infamous Miriam Adelson.
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Luka Doncic and Kiese Laymon
(Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)It’s being called the most shocking trade in basketball or even sports history: All-NBA guard Luka Doncic was sent from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis. Everyone is searching for reasons why the Mavericks would throw away Doncic, a generationally great player who is only 25 years old.
On this episode of Edge of Sports, we break the trade down with none other than Kiese Laymon. The writer of books like Heavy and Long Division and a professor at Rice University, Laymon helps us break down why it may have happened, as well as some theories to help us make sense of the senseless. We look at Luka, LeBron, the executives in charge, and the very shady new Mavericks owner and bankroller of Trump, the infamous Miriam Adelson.
Edge of Sports
Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
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