Luka Doncic instinctively starts walking towards the Mavericks home locker room at halftime vs Dallas earlier today
Still can’t believe mavericks ownership signed off on the trade
They didn’t know anything about basketball, trusted their GM to make decisions cause he helped construct a team that just went to the finals. Every other owner would be praised for not meddling, it’s incredibly unlucky their GM was Nico. Still stupid of them to not do their due diligence
Every other owner would be praised for not meddling
No way, because you’re absolutely correct about this statement.
Still stupid of them to not do their due diligence
If you know absolutely nothing about a business, you…
Should try to educate yourself on the basics before acquiring that business for billions of dollars. They obviously have the resources to educate themselves in any number of ways.
Obviously need to set up some checks and balances so one man’s mistake doesn’t destroy your business. Consult someone else, preferably both inside and outside the org.
Don’t make any monumental changes immediately. For some reason almost every single owner makes this idiotic mistake. They come in knowing nothing, but are arrogant enough to take an insanely risky swing.
Probably should have waited until they traded their star player or at the least consulted Mark Cuban
Eh Cuban is still a minority owner. You’re telling me the dumont family didn’t bring him in for his input when Nico presented this trade to them?
they famously turfed him out of basketball decisions after making a pinky promise they would keep him in the loop?
I’m calling bullshit from Cuban on that. If he genuinely thought that he was going to sell the team for billions of dollars and still get final say on basketball decisions then he is the dumbest motherfucker in America.
I mean, he would have if Nico hadn’t already started playing backroom politics and pushing the people out that would have corroborated with Cuban. Cuban played a bluff but he didn’t realize how much Nico had already done behind the scenes, so Nico essentially called him on it. So many people here seem to have zero knowledge of the situation but have a strong opinion on it.
So the dumonts knew what they were doing and hiding behind the ‘Nico took advantage of brainless owners’ doesn’t really work here
I mean they spent a lot of money for a team so its fair to say they dont want someone else to be able to run the team they paid him to own.
At the same time, its reasonable to listen to the “expert” in Nico Harrison who the ownership would reasonably trust to understand basketball. The new owners are horrible people, but their was never any real logic behind why the ownership would trade their superstar player unless theres a massive conspiracy being covered up.
Luka is a jersey seller, so why trade your most popular player for a less popular player that brings in revenue?
Why trade him for an older more injury prone player if the owners dont like that luka is sitting around? They have no personal connection to AD while Nico did.
If you trade Luka, because you really want him gone because you dont want to pay him, why not shop him around for the highest bidder? Why would any businessman do a closed door deal with one team when you want to drive up the price to get the best return on your asset?
The only way it ever made sense for the Adelsons/Dumont to be involved on the deal/force the deal is if the Lakers paid them under the table, orthe league gave them a good offer and rigged the lottery to get a star to LA. While the Clippers stuff is going on, there’s nothing to prove the Luka trade was rigged.
What we do know is Luka and Nico did not get along, Nico thought Luka was lazy, in part because he worked with Kobe and expected Luka to have Kobes work ethic. He fired all of the guys that liked Luka, and hired guys that would be yes men to him. Why would the Adelsons care to do that?
Obviously not bc Luka would still be in Dallas if he did
So the whole dumonts were duped excuse is bullshit to me. No way in hell they can hide behind the ‘don’t know anything about basketball’ especially if they kept it from Cuban
Billionaires are egotistical so I doubt they were looking for advice on what to do with their brand new 3.5b investment
Well when the team is moved to be Vegas in a couple years it’ll all make sense I guess
Unless the other owners all get a big payday from the adelsons, why would they agree to that? A vegas expansion team means a lot of extra money for each owner, while the mavs moving to Vegas doesn’t.
I think Dumont is just a moron.
He publicly called the finals the “championship games” and said he felt incredibly embarassed when the Mavs lost to Celtics.
Not realizing how hard it is to even make a finals, the guys a muppet
I mean that’s what Cuban said. He was livid.
Yeah based on Cubans initial reaction, they didn’t have him in the loop at all
I dislike Cuban but he would never have done this or thought it was a good idea had they asked him
No, Mark Cuban got swindled out of basketball operations when he sold his stake. They literally just brought him back into the fold he never would’ve never signed off on trading Luka Doncic, he drafted him. The new owner simply didn’t have that same connection with Luka and I don’t think he liked him since he was Cuban‘s boy so he was OK with the trade.
So dumonts have no excuse and purposely traded Luka away. I don’t ever want to hear ‘they didn’t know anything about basketball’. Dumonts should be in prison for that trade.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/mavericks-mark-cuban-no-longer-has-control-of-basketball-operations-and-why-this-is-good-for-dallas-future/
This aged poorly.
Cuban was iced out after he sold the team. Nico played politics and maneuvered himself into a position where he became the sole confidant of the new ownership and when he made the Luka deal in total secrecy and brought it to his ignorant new boss there was no voice of reason in the room to stop it from happening, just an egomaniac and a rich doofus who didn’t know anything about basketball.
Cuban was on record saying he’d sooner divorce his wife than trade Luka so you know that if he knew what Nico was up to he’d have been raising absolute hell trying to kill the deal before Dumont could sign off on it.
Mavericks would have tried to rescind the trade if he made it the locker room. “See! He still thinks of himself as a Maverick.”
this is sad to watch, man.
fuck Nico
Idk if we’ll ever get another trade like that in our lives.
i hope not, still gut wrenching to think about and im not even a mavs fan
Imagine if the bucks trade away Giannis for like Draymond green and Johnathan Kuminga with no picks attached
haha that would be terrible they would never… unless? 👀
If Giannis demands a trade to golden state, don’t they have no leverage. Like we can give em kum and a buncha scraps plus like a second round pick cus we’re nice and they’ll have to take it
The richer these billionaires get, the more disconnected they seem to be from reality. I can see more idiotic trades coming.
Him buying those 22 fans a suite is just the part a lot of people miss with the trade. It’s the worst basketball wise but maybe even worse is the emotional. Most entertaining, nicest on and off, funny, talks mess, etc!
25!
Fuck yeah Nico
NICO you fucking terrorist
You absolute fool
Can we have nico join the bucks…hear me out..
Giannis plays defense and is skinny
yes but his team is essentially playing with a minus 40million hole each season till Dames buyout expires. Thats not something they can over come and wasting Giannis talent.
I understand the joke, but Giannis is fucking jacked haha
But what if Nico joined the Bucks and Giannis came back from the offseason looking like Escalade?
Hahahahaha genius
Man, I hated Luka on the Mavs, and I hate the Lakers, but two negatives makes a positive. I love Luka, send him back home.
Also DeAndre ayton is sorry asf
My man didnt stop cooking lol. Ayton had to catch a stray
That’s the only thing Ayton caught last night.
roy hibbert – whateva happened there
Whatever happened there? Whatever happened there?
AD plus a FRP for Luka?
Second most depressing clip I’ve seen on Reddit today
Lol and yeah #1 is a doozy.
Reflex dude was ready for some Texas BBQ in the locker room.
Rodman and Artest drank Henny’s during half time breaks, Luka eats Texas BBQs.
Mavs fans are trying to mend and see this shit. Brutal
Fuckin hell man
Old habits are hard to break
Idk why you were down voted lol
I’m the same, very routine and stick to my habits
If Rob Pelinka wanted to write Nico’s wrongs he would send Luka back home. And as a Mavs fan we would be indebted to him.
Genuinely, what would Mavs fans think if somehow Flagg + injured AD for salary matching were traded to the Lakers to get Luka back? (Including Flagg cause I don’t see any other asset the mavs have that would make the Lakers consider this)
They can have AD + their FRP. We are keeping Flagg for emotional damage
well I guess that means no trade then
Yup as a Lakers fan, I would want Flagg and Max Christie as well if we have no choice but to trade back Luka.
We can have a line up of AR/Christie/Bron/Flagg/AD at least thats fun for next year or two. Then rebuild around Flagg/Christie/AR.
But really I just want to keep Luka. Fuck Nico but I would rather have Luka. haha
I’m not with the other guy. I’d do it without thinking twice. Yes, Flagg is nice and all that, but Luka is special kind of nice. Anything to get Luka back to his overseas home.
Bring him home
Who cares it’s not happening
Just like Jose Calderon
He’s a good dude. Got a raw deal. Make the best of it my friend. Your talent is undeniable.
Luka should come home by giving the Lakers Cooper Flagg
Nah, in that timeline Cooper Flagg is throwing low post dimes to Alex Sarr
What have you done Nico Harrison
I’M FINE. OKAY!!
*laughs like the Joker
This hurts
He kept passing it to Mavs players too.
Luka to Mavs 2028
Ayton missing a bunny
Rare moment where the music placed over the clip is actually great
lol I came to the comments to see if anyone commented on the music. Reminds me of either the soundtrack to Last of Us or Brokeback Mountain. Both Gustavo Santaolalla.
Adorbs
Old habits die hard
I miss seeing Luka so much in Dallas. A part of him will always be in Dallas :(
Instincts kicked in on that lob as well, Gafford and Lively woulda jammed that shit home.
Nico is one of the stupidest people to luck or bullshit his way into good roles/jobs.
Like how do you absolutely fuck up Nike getting Curry and then somehow end up GM of a basketball team?
He’s cost multiple business hundreds of millions of dollars at this point…
I won’t even be surprised if Nico turned out to be one of them ICE agents
i just watched a highlight vid of his first game back at dallas and, as a lifelong Lakers fan, he should have retired a Mav. i’m happy he’s with my guys, but damn.
Fuck Nico
Fuck Cuban
Fuck Adelson
Lmao
Coop christie and 4 pics for Luka
He should’ve never signed that extension. Probably the worst mistake of his career, as long as Pelinka stays.
How can you blame him in this scenario?
He didn’t chose to trade himself, but obviously the front office betrayed him so why would he not move on with his career and life with a team that wanted him and has done a lot to keep him happy?
I don’t think he should’ve signed the Lakers extension until the front office made some good moves and proved to be capable of building a championship level team without a second superstar forcing their way to the Lakers.
He’s now stuck on a team with zero assets and a team that doesn’t fit around him at all, for the rest of his prime. He should’ve waited to sign an extension this off-season, once he saw the moves the Lakers make.
Valid points but these guys are human too
They don’t wanna be uprooting their lives every couple years and want to establish a sense of home and community for their families too
He moved his dad there as well from Dallas
I believe his wife and kids live in Slovenia permanently, so it wouldn’t really affect his family’s life. Idk about his dad though.