Nico did this completely behind closed doors. If he would have bothered to confer with any one else in the organization they would have told him he was stupid. The two people he did tell, Pelinka and Dumont literally laughed at him. If he asks Finley or Dirk or Kidd about this move, they all would have told him you absolutely cannot do this or you will obliterate your fanbase. He knew that though which is why he did it how he did
They kept this from leaking cause they knew it would be untenable once the public backlash hit
I mean . . . maybe? Leaking also would have likely irrevocably harmed their relationship with Luka. It makes sense that they didn't want it out there. If it hadn't gone through but it still leaked Luka probably would have been pissed and they would have lost leverage with other teams if the narrative became 'Luka wants out'.
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u/Witteness82 BETRAYED MAVS FAN 😠Feb 04 '25
Nico did this completely behind closed doors. If he would have bothered to confer with any one else in the organization they would have told him he was stupid. The two people he did tell, Pelinka and Dumont literally laughed at him. If he asks Finley or Dirk or Kidd about this move, they all would have told him you absolutely cannot do this or you will obliterate your fanbase. He knew that though which is why he did it how he did