When the Dallas Mavericks made the franchise-altering resolution to commerce Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers, former majority staff proprietor Mark Cuban tried to play issues down the center. When requested concerning the commerce, Cuban initially admitted he would have tried to hunt a greater deal, however didn’t say whether or not he would have made the commerce if he had been nonetheless in cost.
Mavericks followers might have lastly obtained the reply to that query Wednesday, when Cuban made an look on the “Your Mom’s House” podcast with comic Tom Segura. Cuban was requested concerning the deal across the 54-minute mark of the present.
After explaining he not has working management inside the franchise, Cuban revealed he obtained a textual content from staff basic supervisor Nico Harrison on the evening Dončić was traded. Cuban initially thought Harrison was asking for the previous proprietor’s opinion on the deal, however ultimately realized the commerce had already gone down. Cuban stated he responded to the textual content by saying he “didn’t agree with” buying and selling Dončić. Cuban added, “It wasn’t my decision to make.”
Cuban then agreed with Segura’s opinion that Dončić is a generational participant. Cuban in contrast the scenario to permitting Steve Nash to go away the Mavericks after the 2003-04 NBA season. Nash joined the Phoenix Suns and instantly received back-to-back MVPs along with his new membership. Cuban admitted the choice to let Nash stroll would have seemed loads worse had the Suns beat the Mavericks within the 2005-06 Western Convention Finals. Dallas superior to the Finals that season, however fell to the Miami Warmth in six video games.
Mark Cuban opens up on Luka Dončić commerce
Roughly a month after Dončić was despatched to the Lakers for Anthony Davis, Cuban made his first public feedback on the commerce. Throughout an interview with WFAA, Cuban stated he wished the Mavericks would have held out for a greater deal for Dončić. When requested by WFAA whether or not he would have traded Dončić, Cuban declined to reply, saying, “I’m not going to go there. Doesn’t matter.”
Cuban’s feedback on Segura’s podcast seemingly answered that query. That response ought to come as no shock. Given how angrily Mavericks followers reacted to the Dončić deal, Cuban was sensible to additional distance himself from the deal throughout Wednesday’s interview.
