11-12-2025, 09:27 AM
Kind of info-after-the-fact but...
Heard somewhere that there have actually been a few recent DAL home games that did not sell out. This after almost 25 years of continuous sellouts, basically since Cuban got the team.
So once ownership saw this happening basically at the start of the season, they needed a sacrifice to throw to the masses and Nico was the obvious choice. I'm sure Dumont's frustration in personally getting heat about the trade didn't help.
This is not a defense of Nico. Just thought it was an interesting coincidence that Dumont pulled the trigger on firing him just after there was measurable economic impact, however small.
Heard somewhere that there have actually been a few recent DAL home games that did not sell out. This after almost 25 years of continuous sellouts, basically since Cuban got the team.
So once ownership saw this happening basically at the start of the season, they needed a sacrifice to throw to the masses and Nico was the obvious choice. I'm sure Dumont's frustration in personally getting heat about the trade didn't help.
This is not a defense of Nico. Just thought it was an interesting coincidence that Dumont pulled the trigger on firing him just after there was measurable economic impact, however small.