Micah Parsons and Luka Dončić had different Dallas stories and the same ending
In the year 2025, Dallas Vide Micah Parsons and Luka Dončić, two future talents of the Hall of Fame, leave the city at the 26 -year -old mature age. And not only leave the city, but escorted via commerce.
On February 2, Dončić was sent to the Los Angeles Lakers in a more shocking trade in the history of the NBA. And Thursday, Parsons was treated at the Green Bay Packers after a month of bad blood with the owner of Team Jerry Jones.
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It doesn’t matter how justifiable a move from the front-office point of view, how much some relationships had deteriorated. This will hurt for any fan base that intended to look at those superstar leading their team for another decade.
Of course, despite the great almost identical traits, there are some key differences compared to those that could go down like the two most notorious exchanges in the history of Dallas. We break down all the similarities and differences in a painful year for the North Texas.
Similar: both players had a bad relationship with the direction
The tensions made it cook over slowly for Parsons and Jones for months among the unproductive negotiations for the extension of the contract, but reached a boil in early August when Parsons announced that it was requesting an exchange.
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Few expect Cowboys to really do it. Still, looking back how everything has gone, perhaps it shouldn’t have been a surprise. Jones was broadcasting his complaints on an almost daily base at the cowboys training field and in the end he reached the point where he complained about how much the agent of Parsons, David Mulugheta, (who seems to get out quite well) was in the trial.
Every time an owner and a GM start to float how useless the agent of a player is, you know that things are going badly. Jones seems to be fixed to obtain the Parsons field to honor an alleged handshake agreement that he made with Parsons in a 1 against 1 against 1 in March, refusing to accept that Mulugheta, the boy that Parsons took on to negotiate this exact agreement, said no. None of this fascinated him to Parsons, who dried the cowboys from his social media channels in response.
Micah Parsons has obtained his commercial request. Luka Dončić has never requested a trade. (Photo ap/Richard W. Rodriguez)
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In the meantime, since then Dončić has come out and the general manager of Mavericks Nico Harrison have not seen exactly their eyes. Yes, the Slovenian was the tent player, but according to what reported, he and Harrison collided on the management by the manager of the Mavericks training staff, the time sequence of Dončić to return from an injury and his conditioning in general.
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In the end Harrison decided that his best journey for success was to exchange Dončić with a consolidated talent to Anthony Davis. It remains to be seen how it will work for him, even if he obtained a huge impulse by winning the Cooper Flagg lottery.
Different: how publicly the drama took place
When we say that Dončić’s trade may have been the most shocking trade ever, we mean. Nobody saw the move arrive, from occasional fans to the team’s minority owner. As for almost everyone, Dončić was happy in Dallas and a lock to sign a supermax extension in one year or two. Instead, he was sent to the west in the middle of the night.
Comparally, the only surprise with Parsons is that Jones has actually granted the commercial request after insisting on the fact that his heels were dug. Jones has already been in these situations and has come out with a contract, usually more expensive than it should be.
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We knew it was bad. The trade only served as a confirmation.
The public nature of the dispute also meant that Jones could speak with any pretender interested in his discussion star. Harrison, however, took a lot of Flak to apparently just talk to the Lakers and not even tried to start a war of offers for a player who could have commanded the redemption of a king.
Similar: neither of the two Dallas teams has obtained amazing returns
For Dončić, the Maverick obtained Anthony Davis, Max Christie and a choice of the first round of 2029, also sending the maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris, negligibly precious.
For Parsons, the Cowboys got two choices in the first round and the defensive guard Kenny Clark, who is a solid run-rower but was also looming as a possible candidate for cut off the season.
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When you exchange a superstar at their peak, the fan base will expect a return that at least uncomfortable the base of the other team. Try finding a fan of Lakers or Packers who is driving second to the move right now.
Different: the maverks had just reached an NBA final, the cowboys … no
What made Dončić’s trade so incredible, both the moment and in the consequences, was that Harrison looked at his superstar and decided that the team was more likely to win a championship without him, about eight months after Dončić led the Maverick to the NBA finals, where they lost against the Boston Celtics.
Cowboys would like to go so far. They haven’t done it for some time. The team has not yet reached the game of the NFC championship from its latest Super Bowl title in 1996.
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The two teams are in a little different places right now, but they both seemed to take a bizarre road by relevance with their great exchanges. The Maverks have exploded a nucleus who has just reached the finals to win now, adding the 32 -year -old Davis rather than seeing what they could continue to do with the 26 year old Dončić. The Cowboys exchanged their best player at a time when they would theoretically have contended and basically received choices and a decent veteran for him.
Consequentially …
Similar: both fanbases are livides
We really don’t need to explain a lot here. The list of Dallas fans who are happy who will no longer look at Dončić and Parsons will be carefree. Even shorter it will be happy that Harrison has consolidated his power and Jones did not have to go to the negotiation table with his best choice of a generation.
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Different: Micah Parsons financially benefited from this, Luka Dončić did not do it
The Parsons trade was simultaneously reported with the news that the Packers were giving him a four -year contract of $ 188 million with $ 136 million completely guaranteed. It is easily the largest contract in the history of NFL players who do not play quarterback.
The Lakers, meanwhile, have not been able to speak with Dončić about an extension due to the clandestine nature of the interviews, according to what reported, the Maverks had to lower their price. This did not have importance thanks to the limited nature of NBA contracts, since Dončić signed a three -year extension of $ 165 million in August.
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The commercial cost cost a lot of money to Dončić, as it has not made it more suitable for a supermax contract. If he had remained in Dallas, he could have signed a five -year agreement of 346 million dollars in this low season.
Similar: both players could be inner Hall of Famers.
He really has to say. Dončić and Parsons are not only stars, they are fundamental pieces that come very rarely.
Dončić has opened his NBA career with five all-nba selections in the first team. Parsons opened his career with four consecutive selections of Pro Bowl and would have been an all-pro four times in the first team if he had remained healthy. Dončić is a generational score engine that needs only a coast of support competent to produce an elite offense. Parsons is an elite pass-rusher that can also return to the roof and ruin a running game.
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Replace them on an individual basis is almost impossible. Both teams hope to be able to do it in the aggregate.
Almost immediately after the reporting of the trade, Parsons had ready, as well as a long statement that said goodbye to the fans of the cowboys.
This is a man ready to leave Dallas.
Dončić did not have such an early warning. He did not request a trade and, to all the accounts, planned to play all his career in Dallas. His reaction came out in a droplet, even if his father was quite angry, we could probably guess how unhappy Luka was behind closed doors.
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Similar: both teams insisted on the fact that they improved in the short term
The Maverks said the defense wins the championships. Cowboys said they needed help for the defense more than the help of the defense of the passage.
Exchange these guys as part of a reconstruction would be one thing, but the most surreal part of all this is that two teams from the same city exchanged superstars in their first and then insisted on the fact that they improved the current team.
Here’s what Harrison said in the wake of Dončić’s trade:
“We really believe that the defense wins the championships and we think that the players we are leading to culture, which is important for what J-Kidd and I built here from the first day,” Harrison said. “And then of course, when you get an all-nba player who is also a player at the defensive of the first team, we think he will help us where we need it most on the defensive part.”
And that’s what Stephen Jones, Cowboys Manager said: Thursday:
“The frustration is that we have not been able to win the great game in the playoffs and we think it is a direct connection for not being able to stop the race. We think that Kenny Clark will be a great piece for this and we felt as if our depth on the edge, as well as the scheme ability, which we could compensate for Micah.”
Good luck with this, guys.