By the time Cuban found out about the Luka-for-AD trade, it was too late. Dumont never approached for advice. Sources say Cuban urged Harrison not to go ahead with the swap … only to find out that the deal had already been sealed with the Lakers by verbal handshake.
Source: marcstein.substack.com
Source: marcstein.substack.com
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Khobi Price @khobi_price
The NBA announced that tomorrow’s Lakers vs. Jazz matchup – when Luka Dončić is expected to make his highly-anticipated Lakers debut – will now be televised by ESPN. – 2:50 PM
The NBA announced that tomorrow’s Lakers vs. Jazz matchup – when Luka Dončić is expected to make his highly-anticipated Lakers debut – will now be televised by ESPN. – 2:50 PM
Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
“If you look at the greats in the league… they worked really hard, every day, with a singular focus to win. And if you don’t have that, it doesn’t work” – Dallas Mavericks team governor on trading away Luka Doncic
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/17… – 1:34 PM
“If you look at the greats in the league… they worked really hard, every day, with a singular focus to win. And if you don’t have that, it doesn’t work” – Dallas Mavericks team governor on trading away Luka Doncic
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/17… – 1:34 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
they said they’re gonna have the Jazz on national TV for Luka pic.x.com/IOqkOrdUvr – 1:03 PM
they said they’re gonna have the Jazz on national TV for Luka pic.x.com/IOqkOrdUvr – 1:03 PM
Marc Stein @TheSteinLine
Marko Milić has left the Mavericks’ coaching staff in the wake of the Luka Dončić trade, sources tell @TheSteinLine.
Milić was the first Slovenian to play in the NBA and, I’m told, did not wish to stay with the Luka-less Mavericks.
More NBA from me: tinyurl.com/yrmzrx83 – 12:49 PM
Marko Milić has left the Mavericks’ coaching staff in the wake of the Luka Dončić trade, sources tell @TheSteinLine.
Milić was the first Slovenian to play in the NBA and, I’m told, did not wish to stay with the Luka-less Mavericks.
More NBA from me: tinyurl.com/yrmzrx83 – 12:49 PM
Brad Townsend @townbrad
On Super Bowl Sunday, 1A dominated by 2 sports leaders. Chairman Clark Hunt’s Chiefs going for 3rd straight title. Patrick Dumont’s Mavs are coming off an NBA Finals run but 8 days ago shocked the 🏀 world by trading Luka Doncic.
Hunt lives in Dallas but his team is Kansas pic.x.com/KfWn6JUrWJ – 9:55 AM
On Super Bowl Sunday, 1A dominated by 2 sports leaders. Chairman Clark Hunt’s Chiefs going for 3rd straight title. Patrick Dumont’s Mavs are coming off an NBA Finals run but 8 days ago shocked the 🏀 world by trading Luka Doncic.
Hunt lives in Dallas but his team is Kansas pic.x.com/KfWn6JUrWJ – 9:55 AM
Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
🗣️ “He’s not fat, bring him back”
👀Dallas Mavericks fans chant in protest of the Luka Doncic trade.
pic.x.com/PhPYogyqaQ – 9:47 AM
🗣️ “He’s not fat, bring him back”
👀Dallas Mavericks fans chant in protest of the Luka Doncic trade.
pic.x.com/PhPYogyqaQ – 9:47 AM
Brad Townsend @townbrad
Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont makes first public comments after Luka Doncic trade dallasnews.com/sports/maveric… – 8:00 AM
Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont makes first public comments after Luka Doncic trade dallasnews.com/sports/maveric… – 8:00 AM
Andy Larsen @andyblarsen
Jazz lose 130-110 to the Clippers. Shorthanded Jazz kept it close for longer than you’d expect, but second half was a runaway from LAC. Clarkson: 24p. George: 21p.
A fun game coming up, Doncic debut for the Lakers. – 12:51 AM
Jazz lose 130-110 to the Clippers. Shorthanded Jazz kept it close for longer than you’d expect, but second half was a runaway from LAC. Clarkson: 24p. George: 21p.
A fun game coming up, Doncic debut for the Lakers. – 12:51 AM
Brad Townsend @townbrad
Kudos to the sleuthing SportsDay editor who found this pic from the December 26, 1996 night that 23-year-old Jason Kidd got traded by Dallas. When Luka Doncic got traded, I called 1996 Mavs acting GM Frank Zaccanelli and said, “Congratulations, you’re off the schneid from making pic.x.com/GqZf4Ry1dm – 11:16 PM
Kudos to the sleuthing SportsDay editor who found this pic from the December 26, 1996 night that 23-year-old Jason Kidd got traded by Dallas. When Luka Doncic got traded, I called 1996 Mavs acting GM Frank Zaccanelli and said, “Congratulations, you’re off the schneid from making pic.x.com/GqZf4Ry1dm – 11:16 PM
Brad Townsend @townbrad
Jason Kidd in unique position to help Mavericks adjust to new normal without Luka Doncic dallasnews.com/sports/maveric… – 10:25 PM
Jason Kidd in unique position to help Mavericks adjust to new normal without Luka Doncic dallasnews.com/sports/maveric… – 10:25 PM
Alex Kennedy @AlexKennedyNBA
Somewhere, Nico Harrison just shouted: “Wait, you can rescind a trade?!” – 9:08 PM
Somewhere, Nico Harrison just shouted: “Wait, you can rescind a trade?!” – 9:08 PM
David Hardisty @clutchfans
Rockets have fallen from the 2nd seed in the West to 5th after a 6-game slide. If the season ended today, they would start the playoffs in Los Angeles against LeBron, Luka and the Lakers. – 6:58 PM
Rockets have fallen from the 2nd seed in the West to 5th after a 6-game slide. If the season ended today, they would start the playoffs in Los Angeles against LeBron, Luka and the Lakers. – 6:58 PM
Khobi Price @khobi_price
Final: Lakers 124, Pacers 117.
Austin Reaves with a career-high 45 points to go with 7 assists and 7 rebounds, leading the LeBron and Luka-less LAL to its fifth straight win and 11th in their last 13 games.
Rui Hachimura: 24p/94. Gabe Vincent: 12p/7a. Jordan Goodwin: 10p/4r. – 6:55 PM
Final: Lakers 124, Pacers 117.
Austin Reaves with a career-high 45 points to go with 7 assists and 7 rebounds, leading the LeBron and Luka-less LAL to its fifth straight win and 11th in their last 13 games.
Rui Hachimura: 24p/94. Gabe Vincent: 12p/7a. Jordan Goodwin: 10p/4r. – 6:55 PM
Dave McMenamin @mcten
The Lakers hit the 50-game mark with a 31-19 record by beating Indy 124-117 on Saturday. LAL’s now won 11 out of 13 games. With LeBron & Luka sitting out, Austin Reaves scored a career-high 45 points on 14-of-25 shooting. AR is the 19th undrafted player in history to top 40 – 6:53 PM
The Lakers hit the 50-game mark with a 31-19 record by beating Indy 124-117 on Saturday. LAL’s now won 11 out of 13 games. With LeBron & Luka sitting out, Austin Reaves scored a career-high 45 points on 14-of-25 shooting. AR is the 19th undrafted player in history to top 40 – 6:53 PM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Austin Reaves becomes the first Laker to join Kobe, LeBron and AD in the last 20 years to score 45+ points.
Perhaps Luka Doncic will be next. – 6:53 PM
Austin Reaves becomes the first Laker to join Kobe, LeBron and AD in the last 20 years to score 45+ points.
Perhaps Luka Doncic will be next. – 6:53 PM
Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
😬 Mark Cuban jokes with Bill Gates about the Mavericks trading Luka Doncic:
“If after you left the company, they traded Microsoft 11 for Microsoft 10… what would you do?”
pic.x.com/LU9RsQE1PI – 6:25 PM
😬 Mark Cuban jokes with Bill Gates about the Mavericks trading Luka Doncic:
“If after you left the company, they traded Microsoft 11 for Microsoft 10… what would you do?”
pic.x.com/LU9RsQE1PI – 6:25 PM
Kamenetzky Brothers @KamBrothers
The Lakers might be an exciting team as long as LeBron and Luka can figure out how to fit in around Reaves. AK – 6:24 PM
The Lakers might be an exciting team as long as LeBron and Luka can figure out how to fit in around Reaves. AK – 6:24 PM
Ball Don’t Lie @Balldontlie
“It was weird.”
Jason Kidd on playing without Luka 🥲 pic.x.com/hbczvJHwHU – 6:15 PM
“It was weird.”
Jason Kidd on playing without Luka 🥲 pic.x.com/hbczvJHwHU – 6:15 PM
Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS
Max Christie is gonna be a bigger part of the Luka trade than people thought.
Doesn’t remotely justify the trade but he’s good and he’s in a position to really grow there. – 5:27 PM
Max Christie is gonna be a bigger part of the Luka trade than people thought.
Doesn’t remotely justify the trade but he’s good and he’s in a position to really grow there. – 5:27 PM
More on this storyline
It was largely Harrison, league sources say, who has increasingly believed since the Mavericks’ one-sided loss to the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals, that Dončić: 🏀 Would not improve his commitment to conditioning or his off-court dietary discipline … 🏀 Would not improve as a leader or culture-setter … 🏀 Would not improve his well-chronicled comportment issues with referees … 🏀 Would not be able to stay healthy as he got older … 🏀 And thus could not, after the Mavericks and Dončić grappled with these issues since Harrison arrived in June 2021, be given the five-year supermax deal worth nearly $350 million that he was expecting in July. -via marcstein.substack.com / February 9, 2025
Dumont’s tone again turned forceful. “If you look at the greats in the league, the people you and I grew up with — [Michael] Jordan, [Larry] Bird, Kobe [Bryant], Shaq [O’Neal] — they worked really hard, every day, with a singular focus to win,” he said. “And if you don’t have that, it doesn’t work. And if you don’t have that, you shouldn’t be part of the Dallas Mavericks. That’s who we want. I’m unwavering on this. The entire organization knows this. This is how I operate outside of basketball. This is the only way to be competitive and win. If you want to take a vacation, don’t do it with us.” -via Dallas Morning News / February 9, 2025