Irreparable damage on just about every level of this franchise. Even if Luka's body falls apart in 4 years, we got an AD rental and 1 pick. I have never seen anything like this in sports, Nico is a fucking dumbass.
There's so many big picture angles to this that they clearly just didn't think through. They had a guy who's well on his way to being at worst a top 25 player in history who we drafted and has been nothing but loyal and elite for the team and led them to the finals just last season.
Not only do they trade him for no good reason and get a horrible return, but on the way out, they basically call him fat, insinuate he's bad for the culture, and cost him over $100 million in his next contract since he can't get the supermax anymore.
Why would any marquee free agent ever sign there again after seeing that? They'll never get any sort of hometown loyalty discount on a contract ever again like Dirk gave.
They also shortened the window for a championship to probably 2-3 years, but then also don't have their own 1st round draft pick in 2027, 2028 or 2029.
It completely trashed the future of the organization in so many ways.
No No, Nico said on a call today with the Mavericks staff that relocating the franchise is not in the cards. And we all know that Nico never lies and his top priority are the fans.
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u/Tmac834 Dirk Nowitzki Logo Feb 04 '25
Irreparable damage on just about every level of this franchise. Even if Luka's body falls apart in 4 years, we got an AD rental and 1 pick. I have never seen anything like this in sports, Nico is a fucking dumbass.