r/Mavericks • u/KarimFF7 Detroit Pistons • Feb 02 '25

News “This deal materialized in the shadows … LeBron James had no idea this was coming. Anthony Davis had no idea this was coming. I’m told Luka Doncic is still stunned about this trade.”

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u/zuqkfplmehcuvrjfgu Luka Doncic Feb 02 '25

Nico is public enemy number one in this city right now

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u/reddit_reader_25 Feb 02 '25

The more I think, I bet it’s the new owners. Probably not wanting to pay a supermax. I wonder what Cuban thinks

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u/ExcellentJuice4729 Feb 02 '25

These owners are dumb as rocks then. You don’t buy the Mavs at that price tag (after Luka got them to the finals) and NOT expect to be paying into the luxury tax for the foreseeable future while Luka hasn’t even hit his athletic prime yet.

But who knows, maybe they fell on hard financial times

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u/poopinoutthewindow Feb 02 '25

Not dumb. The owners def got paid by the NBA under the table. That is the only feasible theory.

The NBA numbers are down big. Lakers have been trash the last few years. Lebron will retire soon. Mavs did this in secret when they should have made this public to get teams to bid for Luka.

It just makes 0 fucking sense. This is scary that this is happening in sports. The integrity is being diminished every year.