There was a time when Mark Cuban was some of the hands-on house owners within the NBA.
However occasions have modified and his Dallas Mavericks made an enormous transformation this season and he’s not 100% joyful about it.
Cuban just lately talked concerning the Luka Doncic commerce that altered the Mavericks and he made it clear that it wouldn’t have occurred on his watch.
“If I had any affect, the commerce wouldn’t occur. I used to be simply as dumbfounded as everyone else. After I bought the Mavericks, the brand new proprietor Patrick Dumont determined that ‘Okay, in Nico we belief.’ So, right here we’re,” Cuban stated, per NBACentral.
“If I had any affect, the commerce would not occur. I used to be simply as dumbfounded as everyone else. After I bought the Mavericks, the brand new proprietor Patrick Dumont determined that ‘Okay, in Nico we belief.’ So, right here we’re.”
– @mcuban on Luka
(h/t @KirkSeriousFace)
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) March 21, 2025
Cuban bought his majority possession of the Mavericks just lately, which implies he doesn’t get a say within the crew’s trades and selections.
If he nonetheless held a majority stake, he would have shortly vetoed the Doncic commerce that despatched him to Los Angeles in alternate for Anthony Davis, Max Christie, and a first-round draft choose.
There have been many experiences concerning the Doncic commerce and most of them recommend that normal supervisor Nico Harrison was prepared to maneuver on from the star participant.
He reportedly had his coronary heart set on parting methods with Doncic, but when Cuban was nonetheless the proprietor of the crew he might have stopped him.
Now Cuban is rather like the remainder of the Mavericks fanbase and is sitting, watching, and hoping issues get higher for his crew.
The post-Doncic period hasn’t gotten off to an awesome begin, however there’s a likelihood issues enhance within the offseason, with some trades and the restoration of Davis and Kyrie Irving.
Cuban doesn’t like this commerce and what it did to his crew, however he has to just accept it, like all Mavericks followers.
NEXT: Anthony Davis Might Be Nearing An NBA Return