Duolingo Trolls Mavs' Luka Dončić Trade Package: 'Let's Review Your Mistakes'
Even Duolingo is taking a jab at the Dallas Mavericks after trading away superstar Luka Dončić.
In a viral response to the trade that sent the Dallas Mavericks All-Star to the Los Angeles Lakers for a package that included Anthony Davis, Duolingo responded in the best way it knew how.
"Let's review your mistakes!" a phrase that the language-learning app says when reviewing each lesson.
Following the trade, it was obvious who the winners and who the losers were to more than just Duolingo:
The trade that sent shockwaves through the NBA world on Saturday was seemingly done in complete silence. The negotiations were kept so quiet that the Lakers were unable to talk with Bill Duffy, Dončić's agent, beforehand, as the information was at risk of becoming public quickly, per The Athletic's Fred Katz, Joe Vardon and Sam Amick.
Thus, the doors were left closed so that, if a trade did not materialize, both stars wouldn't be left disgruntled with their franchises.
Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison had initially indicated that he only spoke with the Lakers about moving Dončić, but it was reported that Dallas had called at least one other team for a potential trade to acquire another big star, per Katz, Vardon and Amick.
With the possibility of Dončić's contract expiring in 2026 and the Lakers moving in secret to acquire him, not knowing his intentions to re-sign came with some interesting clauses.
"There's some unique things about his contract that we had to pay attention to," Harrison said, per Katz, Vardon and Amick. "There's other teams that were loading up (to acquire him as a free agent). He was going to have to make his own decision at some point of whether he wants to be here or not, whether we want to supermax him or not, or whether he wants to opt out. So I think we have to take all that in consideration and feel like we got out in front of what could have been a tumultuous year."
The Lakers are set to face the Mavericks on Feb. 25 at home in what is sure to be a tumultuous game.
