A_MASSIVE_PERVERT | Mavericks

142 | 8 hours ago

Mavs fans gotta be the most down bad fanbase across all professional sports besides Browns fans.

DoggoGoesBMTG

62 | 8 hours ago

IMO mavs fans have it worse than browns fans. Browns fans at this point are just masochists. Mavs fans inexplicably had their heart torn from their chest and stomped

Chessh2036 | Hawks

24 | 7 hours ago

Agreed, Browns fans weren’t really expecting anything and are prob used to that shit. Mavs fans literally got a notification from OUT OF NOWHERE that the generational face of the franchise was traded to LA.

Icy_Rich_6076

12 | 7 hours ago

Mavs won a title last decade tho and a legendary one at that, unless you’re a kid you can’t only look thru the lens of the current era.

You’re kinda right about the Browns however this current team is technically an expansion team, what’s worse is that the OG team that left in the 90s for Baltimore won a super bowl less than 5 years after moving (plus another one last decade) and are in perpetual contention to this day

The Indians/Guardians fit the bill too. 15 playoff appearances in last 30 years despite it being way harder to make in baseball. Only 3 world series appearances and zero wins. Last two world series appearances? Losses in extra innings of game 7.

They refuse to spend big money, systematically trade keep all their superstars before even attempting to extend them (exception being Jose Ramirez, who took a pay cut that made Jalen Brunson look greedy), and then are fully content with contending yet coming up “just short” every season.

Alert-Stop-2671

5 | 7 hours ago

Bro hasn’t seen Dillon Gabriel throw a football ☠️

mr_antman85 | CLE

3 | 7 hours ago

Not only stomped but ran over and over and over again. Then when they were showing their frustration, they were silenced and ignored because they didn’t see the “vision.”

Dallas fans did nothing to deserve that.

workisxpwaste | Thunder

3 | 6 hours ago

Browns 0-5 in conference championships, but Mavs have a chip. Is it better to have loved and lost or to have never loved at all?

OverallGeneral7129 | Cavaliers

1 | 6 hours ago

Yeah like I watched the Browns Jets game last week and I was just laughing because it was funny

Grand-Purchase-1262

1 | 3 hours ago

Keep in mind that Cleveland browns fans are probably cavalier fans too and while we did get a championship we also had LeBron embarrass us on national TV LOL

CheapScientist06 | Celtics

1 | 21 minutes ago

Tbf that elf thing or whatever the Browns have is a pretty solid logo

wazup564 | Mavericks

13 | 7 hours ago

A bunch of miserable fan bases rn with bad management situations.

Pirates, Jets, Browns, Hornets, Wizards, Pelicans, A’s, Rockies, Angels, White Sox.

But none of them just had the ultra megastar & then gave them away for basically nothing out of nowhere.

Zoratth | Clippers

7 | 7 hours ago

It’s funny you mention the Pirates, because they are like a year away from doing the same with Skenes.

wazup564 | Mavericks

5 | 7 hours ago

yeah. the big difference is Skenes would actually be asking out in that situation, not shipped out in the middle of the night completely out of nowhere lmao

Zoratth | Clippers

3 | 6 hours ago

I think he might get traded even if he doesn’t ask for a trade, just to save money. But you are right, it won’t be much of a surprise either way and it most likely won’t be mid-season.

krw13 | Slovenia

1 | an hour ago

And right after we made the championship games!

defaultistic | CHA

2 | 3 hours ago

Hornets have a competent front office and ownership now, it’s just the basketball gods have decided that we should be injured every single season now (we’re already missing our two franchise stars again, plus a couple other solid role players. Year 4 of the injury case, baby!)

3rdEyeJoker | Mavericks

1 | 3 hours ago

Buffalo sabres and New York jets gotta be up there for worst; both tied with worst current playoff droughts at 14 years looking to go 15 for both.

andrew2018022 | Magic

1 | an hour ago

I don’t think the A’s belong in that convo

Feelscreative101 | 76ers

1 | an hour ago

Hi can we add the 6ers, too? We aren’t in a miserable situation, but we are indeed miserable people. I see more dooming from 6ers fans than Mavs fan. Even when we are winning.

captain_ahabb | Lakers

4 | 7 hours ago

Blue Jays fans gotta be up there, at least short term

Akipella | Washington Bullets

1 | 8 hours ago

Having so much hope and belief in a bright future as a franchise only to have it heart wrenchingly gutted all in an instant is arguably even worse than poverty franchises.

Global-Fee3375

1 | 6 hours ago

Well deserved.

Ruggerx24

1 | 40 minutes ago

Titans fan and Mavs fan here. Both of my teams have made arguably the worst trades in the last decade.

Few-Temperature7219

1 | 35 minutes ago

Sonics fans disagree

naderni | Nuggets

128 | 8 hours ago

Luka is a good dude what Nico has done to the Mavs and Luka is unforgivable. Hope he plays well for the Lakers.

Dog-Witch | Knicks

9 | an hour ago

Don’t forget Nico not resigning brunson lol

CheapScientist06 | Celtics

1 | 23 minutes ago

I hope he goes back to the mavs at some point idk what their finance situation is but he belongs there

maxithepittsP | Lakers

-47 | 6 hours ago

what Nico has done to the Mavs and Luka is unforgivable.

Dumont, not Nico.

Nico mistake was only get AD and Max Christie for Luka. But the decision to trade the 500M contract players come from the owners.

soycameron | Trail Blazers

21 | 5 hours ago

No, it actually didn’t. It was basically Nico telling the owner his idea and the owner not knowing anything about basketball and thinking Nico was right. This was Nico’s plan and Dumonts fault for believing it.

maxithepittsP | Lakers

-32 | 4 hours ago

If you think the biggest trade in NBA history comes down to the GM instead of the owners, you clearly dont understand how business actually works.

The Luka trade was about money, and pretending otherwise is just willful ignorance, or, I repeat, you still had no grasp on how business works.

The decision of firing Nico should give you and other fans a broader picture on whos in charge. They can get rid of Nico all the time they wants.

arebeewhy

5 | an hour ago

Laughable. You think financial decisions were the reason behind this trade? Name your source please.

Regardless of actual outcome, this trade was panned by everyone with any knowledge of business and basketball immediately. Only a Lakers fan would rally to defend this trade as a necessary money move because it stinks of sham corruption and NBA collusion.

The Luka trade was about Niko not believing in Luka and convincing the owners he wasn’t the guy to tie their horse to for the foreseeable future. It absolutely wasn’t about money. In less than a season they’ve already lost so much money because of the idiotic trade lmao. And have irreparably damaged the brand.

Have you ever heard Niko talk? He’s the most egotistical proven loser I’ve ever heard. He still thinks this was the correct move. The owners on the other hand clearly wish they could have it back.

Painting Niko Harrison as a scapegoat is a serious lack of understanding of the dynamic at play here. Or comes from the place of having a severe bias. Sure the owner should take partial blame because they OK’d it, but it was absolutely either corruption or Niko with the plan.

Red_Jester-94 | Celtics

1 | 12 minutes ago

If you’re stupid enough to think that the issue was money when Luka brought in a shit ton of money for both the Mavericks and the league in Dallas then you’ve got some shit wrong with your head and “don’t grasp how business works”. They could’ve given Luka the supermax and when you take into account how much money Luka would’ve made them over the contract period, they would’ve made their money back by and absolutely huge margin.

The owners and the governor are dumbasses that don’t know shit about basketball and had too much trust in their GM, but they aren’t stupid enough to cost themselves money like they have purposely. They’re projected by some sites to lose over 100 mil in value over the next few years simply due to the trade itself and the fact that the Mavs have no first round picks after this next draft until 2031. That’s without taking the value that Luka brought to the franchise into account. To say they cost themselves hundreds of millions of dollars isn’t hyperbole, it’s fact.

I’m pretty sure it’s you that doesn’t understand jack shit about “business”.

ifimnotfound

1 | 32 minutes ago

Come on, brother. “ONLY” mistake is pretty much revisionist, don’t you think?

fuchsiafuturee

106 | 8 hours ago

dirk passing the torch to another career maverick was so poetic man

JayQuips | Lakers

41 | 7 hours ago

And another international player at that too

recollectionsmayvary | Nets

29 | 8 hours ago

Yep, the organization itself did this to itself by positioning Luka as an inheritor of Dirk’s legacy. So when the Dallas fanbase embraced Luka and Luka loved the city and fans back, they didn’t just embrace Luka— they embraced a guy who they viewed as “part Luka-part Dirk.” The Mavs organization greatly benefited from this positioning — it has garnered them a ton of goodwill, admiration, and fans loyalty until the trade precisely because it incorporated the love Dallas fans have for Dirk.

Fady180

57 | 8 hours ago

Nico got my boy reminiscing like a fumbled bad bitch tossed him aside

There’s not a hot enough hell for this man

-Clean-Sky-

-1 | 2 hours ago

remember you were cheering for him when he brought Washington and Gafford

Repulsive-View-7317 | Nuggets

46 | 8 hours ago

“Trying to move on” damn 💔

mr_antman85 | CLE

36 | 7 hours ago

The dude literally cried at the farewell video last year. He didn’t want to leave. He would have never left.

That’s what irritates me about the trade. Luka didn’t demand a trade or anything. He loved playing there. You can tell, it still hurts. The organization did not want him.

Absolutely horrible.

BigFatModeraterFupa | Minneapolis Lakers

14 | 6 hours ago

That’s why this trade is the worst in sports history. Superstars in their prime in the NBA just don’t get traded. It just doesn’t happen because of the powerful influence that a single player can have on an NBA team. There’s literally never been a 25 year old SUPERstar that’s ever been traded against his will in NBA history, except for Luka Doncic. It’s just never happened before, and it will never happen again. It’s almost like a heresy against the sport itself! Nico should be burned at the stake! 😂 Lol jk but i guess in modern times, his name is associated with being a total fucking dumbass. Anytime the word “Nico” comes up from now on, it instantly makes everyone think about this insane act of narcissism. The name itself is tainted for the rest of time.

“Nico”

Zoobal | Mavericks

3 | 6 hours ago

WRONG. Everyone in the organization DID want him. Except the 1 asshole that had the power to move him and trick the new, idiot owners that are clueless about basketball into thinking it was for the better.

wazup564 | Mavericks

35 | 7 hours ago

He’s for sure coming home.

And we will continue to tell ourselves that no matter how delusional it sounds.

beckychao

9 | 7 hours ago

Don’t think it’ll happen because of ownership. They signed off on it. Mavs would have to sell the team first.

Note Dumont took no accountability in his public statement. Why be a part of an org that would make such a severe mistake? Dallas has so few picks in the next few years. When Nico traded Luka, he burnt them down when he failed to get the 5 FRPs and 3 swaps or whatever the Mavs were due for Luka on the open market.

NoHoSteezy | Lakers

5 | 7 hours ago

I think he wants to compete. The Lakers have to build a better roster around him or I could see a Dirk led coalition or something getting him back to Dallas.

farhan583 | DAL

9 | 7 hours ago

By summer 2028 we’d have 21 year old Coop, 20 year old high pick from this draft, 25 year old Lively and old man Hermano Kai to entice him back. I truly truly believe if we position ourselves correctly we have a good shot to bring him back.

TangerineChicken | Mavericks

8 | 7 hours ago

Even with Nico gone, would he trust the owners? I wouldn’t

farhan583 | DAL

12 | 7 hours ago

I think Dumont is already publicly expressing he made a mistake.

It won’t be hard to back channel how bad he feels and communicate how much of an idiot he was because he didn’t really know basketball. Everyone in the league knows Dumont didn’t know basketball. Cuban being more Involved. Dirk being back. A younger, talented roster. It’s honestly feasible to picture when he’s 29.

TangerineChicken | Mavericks

7 | 7 hours ago

That’s a good point and a good start would be getting Dirk back involved with the team. I think that would go a long way with Luka. Oh no, I’m starting to dream it could actually happen

CyberDunk77 | Mavericks

6 | 7 hours ago

Cooper is the same age as the guys in next years draft, he came out of highschool a year early.

Zoratth | Clippers

1 | 7 hours ago

Do you feel like the owners will have done enough to distance themselves from the trade? I guess firing Nico is the start of that.

Moss8888444 | Mavericks

2 | 7 hours ago

They have not but they have 3 years to get it right and lakers have 3 years to pair him with a star. But 3 years is a long time. Luka is a loyal guy and by that time, his loyalty to Lakers will be far more than the fading connection to dallas unfortunately.

waskittenman

3 | 7 hours ago

That one day contract to retire a Maverick at 41

TallCan_Specialist | Lakers

-9 | 7 hours ago

He’s already home

recollectionsmayvary | Nets

19 | 8 hours ago

Damn. Anytime Luka talks about Dallas, it just feels like a broken heart that didn’t mended and may never. I’m sure seeing the fans being just as broken about it makes it harder to truly heal and move on lol like if the fans had turned on him in some way, I think Luka could move on from anger and spite. But the unrelenting grief, sadness, and heartbreak from so many Mavs fans prob reflects a lot of what he’s already feeling. And in many ways, makes his attachment to the fans, etc. stronger because he prob feels like the fans had his back in a colossal way—enough to get Nico booted lol

Truly nothing sadder in sports rn than when Luka is asked about Dallas. He just seems so wounded.

gridironk

10 | 8 hours ago

Patrick “Championship Games” Dumont is just as much of a scumbag.

Caimthehero

10 | 7 hours ago

I mean Dallas loved this man the way San Antonio loved Duncan.

FH261169 | Mavericks

9 | 8 hours ago

Pain

ItsMeGunSafetyDwight | Mavericks

6 | 7 hours ago

He’ll always have a special place in Dallas fans heart as well.

Yoongissmile | Mavericks

6 | 7 hours ago

help, i’m still at the restaurant

Sugarrayray1323

4 | 6 hours ago

Hire Nico so they can fire him again.

LemonPepperCrab

2 | 7 hours ago

alexa, play “the one that got away” by katy perry

Green-Revenue-9631

1 | 6 hours ago

It’s like when your girlfriend had to move away due to other reasons out of her control yet you still love each other. It’ll always be hard to move on for both

digibox56 | Spurs

1 | 5 hours ago

Yep, you can’t unfuck this. Patrick Dumont and Nico Harrison are terrorists.

indreams159

1 | 5 hours ago

sounds like he’s going back to Dallas

goddoc

1 | 3 hours ago

Dateline, 1969: In spite of winning finals mvp in a seven game loss to the Celtics, Jerry West has been traded by the Lakers for Dick Van Arsdale and a future draft pick. “I know Wilt and Baylor were hurt, and if Wilt wasn’t 8 for 20 from the line we’d be champs, but West didn’t lead as he should have,” said new owner Jack Kent Cooke. “Youth wins championships, and Van Arsdale is a young up and comer.”

Ora_Kiraso

1 | 3 hours ago

Luka to Mavs return home would be amazing. Sadly and realistically, do not think it’s likely to happen. He seems to be enjoying LA and if it goes well, there’s no reason to leave, if things don’t go so well, maybe

EvanEschmeyer

1 | 2 hours ago

This sub is going to implode when he comes back to Dallas in 3 years

CantaloupeCamper | Timberwolves

1 | 33 minutes ago

I don’t doubt he feels like it’s time to move on.

But a lot like Nico constantly talking about the trade…. If you keep giving out free quotes about it, then nobody’s moving on.

HesiPullup | Suns

1 | 10 minutes ago

Nico Harrison is Dallas Maverick father

Luka Doncic on Nico Harrison: “Dallas, fans, players, always have a special place in my heart. I thought I was going to stay there forever but I didn’t. They’ll always be a special place for me. Always I can call it home. Right now, I’m focused on the Lakers, trying to move on.”