MAVS NEWS:

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https://x.com/NotJackKemp/status/1989681779880423502

The above is the correct take.

At the same time,  if you're on the outside, are sensitive to issues of race and are historically used to seeing minorities used as scapegoats, the easy to accept conclusion would be that the owner forced Nico's hand with the max contract coming up, because no one can outside can fathom that we had the once in a lifetime..heck maybe the first and only time ever...intersection of a clueless GM on a power trip and a dumb, first time owner who had zero clue about basketball that he was using Shaq as an example of work ethic and professionalism coming together to create the perfect disaster storm that they did.

I've not hidden the fact that Luka was not my fav player to watch but the timing and returns of the trade were so overwhelmingly ridiculous that I nor anyone else will ever be able to explain it.  Any explanations that Nico or Dumont will give will never make any sense either.

Luka is my 2nd favorite Mav ever. But if the return had included Reaves, Knecht, another first and swaps that’s something that could possibly be sold to fans. Especially with Reaves looking like a Luka starter kit this season. I mean I haven’t even been able to get myself to watch a Mavs game this season because of the trade still. I can’t think of any trade that has alienated a fan base more than this one ever.