Becca (main Mavericks social medias admin) posted her own farewell video to Luka, which was well received by the fans. A couple of hours later she deleted it and went private.

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One_of_those_ones@reddit

Y’all mad at Nico like he’s not the reason y’all made it to the finals with that roster last year 😭🤣 Trading for an all nba defensive player that scores as effectively and in more ways than Luka while we were .500 and, he was out on injury himself, was the least he could do it Y’all REALLY wanted to go back to the finals tbh.

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KrazyWhiteBoi@reddit

Don’t say anything positive that Niko did bro! In the end you are 100% correct but people can’t see that. We was able to get to the finals last year only because of the PJ Washington and Gafford trades! Without them we would have ended up in the play/in tournament and might not have made the playoffs at all.

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One_of_those_ones@reddit

THE KYRIE TRADE WAS NICO lol. That move alone made us a contender faster than anyone could’ve thought iwbh. Nobody thought the MAVS, of all the West teams, would be in a steady contention for a finals run before that move.

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One_of_those_ones@reddit

Gotta be honest I did NOT see all that coming. 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

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KrazyWhiteBoi@reddit

Kyrie was Niko, Lively was Niko, PJ Washington was Niko, and Gafford was Niko. Crazy thing is we went from Rank #9 to Rank #4 last year after the trade deadline because of his trades. I just don’t wanna see all these fans swap back onto the bandwagon when the Mavs start winning games. Hell we beat the OKC 3-0 this year without Luka.

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AccomplishedLove6169@reddit

They don’t know ball bro, they just on here emotional, let em have it. They upset about Luka leaving who doesn’t know they exist and mad at the owners and Niko who also don’t even know they exist 😂

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heyarkay@reddit

Dallas will mourn for years for this. He was one of us.

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Cark_Muban@reddit

Man was legit the face of Dallas sports :(

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Proof-Presentation26@reddit

that title belongs to Jerry Jones for better or worse

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ExpertApartment@reddit

I still can’t believe he’s gone. He was truly a magical player and what they did to him is unforgivable. If he wanted to be traded and was demanding out of Dallas, it would be much easier to understand the move. But he wasn’t. And not only did they break his heart, they screwed him out of $100M.

Championships are not guaranteed, no matter who’s on your team. Having Luka as your superstar guarantees that your team will at least be relevant. This move ensures the Mavs aren’t relevant for a long time.

I’ve watched the Mavs since the early 90s. Luka was our present and our future and these stupid motherfuckers took that away from us. I’m done with this franchise until Dimwit and Nutzo are gone. Fuckin’ pricks who think they are smarter than everyone else in the room, when they are actually dumber than bricks.

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bobertmcmahon@reddit

The 350 they saved by not paying him, they lost most of it in the equity in the team. The value of the team dropped by 300m while the lakers value grew by 300m.

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NothingButTheTea@reddit

I don't follow the Mavs, but i swear this year makes so much sense in today's world. It asked you exactly what's wrong with the way businesses operate and treat us.

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erocalypse2002@reddit

I haven’t watched a game since 😢

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AccomplishedLove6169@reddit

Oh yall still going on about Luka? First time watching sports? If you like Luka get a Lakers jersey 🤷🏾‍♂️ nothing wrong with supporting a player he was a good guy, but business is business no matter how much we agree/disagree with the front office of the Mavs, it’s a business and I’m sure they’ll continue to sleep and eat fine while regular people are in a frenzy over a player being traded.

If you’re a Mavs fan, support the team, you don’t gotta like ownership. If you’re a Luka fan, support the kid, nothing wrong with it at all, but going back and forth and boycotting and etc… man go do something that has a bigger impact, the NBA has moved on we should too.

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Zporatick@reddit

You don’t like Luka because he’s white

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et_the_geek@reddit

Shut up.

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lordb4@reddit

God, your post is about 10 orders of magnitude from understanding Mavs or even Luka fans.

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AccomplishedLove6169@reddit

It’s really not bro, I’m from the city born and raised, Luka was generational and a good dude but it’s sports, it happens…. I’m saying people are overreacting. But hey our opinions are subjective 🤷🏾‍♂️ but the protest and threatening players and etc isn’t necessary 🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

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BorgeHastrup@reddit

Now I can see why Nico + Dumant dumped him as quickly as possible. There's no way MJ or Kobe would have done 1% of what was shown in that video. A fundamentally broken definition of what it looks like for a player to be successful on a team.

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BCrxnch@reddit

As a non-sports fan, can you explain this better? He seems like a genuinely decent person.

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d3dmnky@reddit

I can’t speak for the commenter, but I can opine.

You’re 100% correct. Luka is a genuinely decent person. He’s also a generational talent. It’s exceedingly rare to be both at the level that he is.

Generally speaking, the better a player becomes, the more they morph into a self-interested asshole mostly concerned with their own brand and legacy. It’s so common that when it doesn’t happen, that player can look unserious or like they don’t fit the mold.

That just didn’t happen with Luka. He was very talented and did amazing things on and off the court. All the while, he appeared to stay true to being the guy everyone loved.

Personally, I don’t think people in front offices like that very much, and with logical reason. That charismatic superstar becomes the most loved person in the organization. Insecure people don’t like that.

Dallas is also a unique place. We were blessed to have Dirk for such a long time. He became synonymous with the Mavs and was woven into the fabric of the community. Luka appeared, for all practical purposes, to be the next generation of exactly that.

It’s a unique place also because the fans would probably rather have a guy like Luka, be competitive, and win maybe one title in his career than to win a couple times with a roster of mercenaries.

Anyway. Yeah… Luka is a good dude.

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BCrxnch@reddit

So it's basically like I thought, he is a great guy, but optics make him a threat to literally any of his contemporaries, superiors, etc.

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d3dmnky@reddit

There are a number of theories, and I think there’s a good chance that they’re all true to some degree. They all make sense and when combined, it seems like it might hold enough weight for such a patently ridiculous move.

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getrealpoofy@reddit

I buy the conspiracy theory that the owners' only focus is to legalize gambling in Texas. Sportsbetting is a cornerstone to that plan, so they bought into a team, but they genuinely don't give a shit about basketball, Dallas, or the Mavs.

They get the same TV revenue with or without wins, so they just didn't want to pay a supermax.

In this case it's not really about ego, being in shape, or Luca being liked, or moving the team. They would never pay a supermax, even for a championship. If anything I think they underestimated how much Luca was liked.

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d3dmnky@reddit

I don’t think I have to. No way gambling gets legalized here. For one, it doesn’t fit Christian Theocracy. Secondly, bribes are surely pouring in from OK and LA to be sure their casinos don’t get harmed.

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getrealpoofy@reddit

Okay, well they spent millions on lobbying, so some people are betting there's a chance.

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d3dmnky@reddit

That’s fair. It really highlights how backwards things are. It’s wild that we all just casually know the outcome is largely based on how much bribery is going on. Not like… the will of the electorate or anything.

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Dustyoa@reddit

Would rather lose with Luka than win without him.

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TrustMeImShore@reddit

100%

The Mavericks had the "loyalty" feel to it, when it came to their superstar player.

That's no longer the case. You don't just trade your superstar, generational player for peanuts. AD isn't a bad player, quite the contrary, but the problem here is that you could have gotten so, so much more for a player of his type.

Like I've said previously, I am currently ok with him being traded, as long as you get the appropriate assets for him. What they did, was not appropriate at all for both win now and the future.

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BorgeHastrup@reddit

Sure! That was a statement made to deride the ownership and management, not Luka. Dumant + Nico have said over and over that they want the team to be led by players with the ilk of Jordan and Kobe - who were so blindingly driven by basketball that they barely existed outside of it. That kind of player has zero fun, shows zero life or compassion for others, and exerts every ounce of effort singlemindedly toward their goal.

This video of Luka shows him as an endearingly opposite personality. Goofy, kind, curious, having fun with his teammates, gentle with the public, patient and caring for support staff, etc. Yet he's still as gargantuan of a player on the court, and the playoff run last year demonstrated his competitiveness and will to win to still be in the conversation with MJ and Kobe.

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BCrxnch@reddit

Considering I've heard stories of Jordan being so competitive he tried to cheat on a game of cards with someone's mom, I don't think ANYONE in Dallas wants that kind of player.

It's competitive for sure, but it's too competitive. Especially since those guys didn't have much of a personality/life out of basketball...

I'm very casual when it comes to sports, but this reeks of bad management.

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KrazyWhiteBoi@reddit

Lol

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Deathwatch72@reddit

No shit, he brought up Shaq in a conversation to try and make a point about Luka not showing up in shape. Shaq famously showed up out of shape comstantly

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retrospects@reddit

Shaq being an actual lazy fat ass at the start of seasons is what broke him and Kobe up. Kobe would be pissed that Shaq was starting preseason at 400lbs.

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Jim_Nills_Mustache@reddit

remember how the mavs never ever had a high pick because they constantly were .500 or better (much like the cowboys) so they never had an impactful first rounder? Then Luka fell into our laps and we traded him for peanuts?

Yea I’ll never forgive that

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KrazyWhiteBoi@reddit

Like the Cowboys? CeeDee and Micah both are impactful 1st rounders! Do you even watch these things or just post whatever sounds good to you?

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Jim_Nills_Mustache@reddit

Ceedee fell to us unexpectedly at 17th overall and no one thought he would fall that far that year. The 17th pick in the first round isn’t considered a high pick

Micah was 12th and that’s the highest pick they had since 2016, before that you have to go back to 2012 and morris Claiborne then Tyron the goat in 2011

My point stands, they typically don’t have top 10 picks which is where the most impactful sure fire players are typically taken, and that’s because they are always .500 or better unless the QB gets injured

Yea I watch the teams

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KrazyWhiteBoi@reddit

You specifically said “impactful first rounders” and impactful NOT Top 10 pick. Let’s not try to change it up now to try to make yourself correct. By the way I know when they was drafted, because I watch every draft. (I do like how you went to Google to try to make your point! LoL) Plus your point is still not valid either. There have been extremely impactful players in every level of the draft. Look at the Super Bowl Champs! They have drafted top players in ever level of the draft the last few year! PLUS the best QB of all time didn’t even come in the first few rounds of the draft…

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Jim_Nills_Mustache@reddit

No shit dude you think saying great players are taken every round is some insightful piece of knowledge? Get over yourself lol

I’m not going to argue with you

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KrazyWhiteBoi@reddit

What are you talking about?? We had Dirk and that pretty much meant we wasn’t gonna get a Top 5 pick.

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Jim_Nills_Mustache@reddit

Yea that’s exactly what I said, we never did poorly enough to get a high pick..

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donsanedrin@reddit

Wait a minute, Nico and that fat Tommy Boy who married into being the governor of the Mavericks were saying that THAT wasn't the culture they were establishing, and therefore kicking Luka out?

Then fuck their culture. Because what Luka was all about is what the Mavs fans would have loved.

I was genuinely worried when first came, because he was already driving around in Lamborghini's and had highlights in his hair and was acting like a Euro soccer superstar. And I thought he was going to be the opposite of Dirk, I thought he was going to leave to go the coast. Especially since the first 3-4 years nobody really saw him on television because Bally Sports just wasn't available, and people were not noticing the amazing stuff that he would do every week, and or every rookie record he was breaking. I thought he had rather low visibility around DFW.

When the Mavs won that 7 game series against the Suns, that was on national cable tv, and suddenly people started paying more attention. Since Summer 2022, everybody around here knew that Luka was, one way or another, going to be bringing a championship trophy to Dallas. And it felt great that he gave no indication that he wanted to go elsewhere. He took control of them, and other major stars were wanting to come play here because of him, I thought we would be spending our summers watching deep, satisfying playoff runs. And he would own Dallas.

I can't believe these bastards took that away.

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KrazyWhiteBoi@reddit

People around dallas only knew Luka from the suns series in 22? Your nuts! The arena has been packed from the first season when he took a team who had sucked for 3 years to the playoffs as a rookie!

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lordb4@reddit

Dude, Dallas is a football town. That's when non-basketball people woke up.

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KrazyWhiteBoi@reddit

I guess you wasn’t around in ‘11 when the Mavs won and the streets was packed with fans for their parade. Dallas is a SPORTS CITY just with football being the top Sports team. This city loves their Mavs, Rangers, and Stars teams as well. It is shown every game with how the seats get filled.

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joebuddenguyagain@reddit

FIRE NICO SELL THE TEAM

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larry-leisure@reddit

As a diehard spurs fan fuck the adelsons and fuck Nico. Y'all didn't deserve this. Luka is a Texan and we stand by our own.

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Dustyoa@reddit

He has the horny road to prove it. Nico and the Adelsons aren’t Texan.

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qolace@reddit

What are you talking about? This team was sold to the highest bidder despite how fucking evil they were and it has lead us here. It's classic "fuck you I got mine" mentality at its finest and I can't think of anything more Texan than that. Just look through other posts regarding Cuban saying they can't blame him for whoring himself out for money and that they'd do the exact same thing. It's kind of disturbing how prominent that line of thinking is here.

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Dustyoa@reddit

Cuban absolutely should shoulder some of the blame.

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KrazyWhiteBoi@reddit

Why is that? Please explain this comment…

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KoppleForce@reddit

Cuban knows exactly how shitty the Adelsons are. Even just surface level, Cuban does all this posturing on social media about how much he dislikes Trump/Republicans, but sells the team to one of the biggest donors to his campaign? Cuban is a billionaire. Billionaires have a STRONG sense of class solidarity. All his words otherwise are meaningless. He would personally dissolve the franchise entirely if it meant protecting his class interests.

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lordb4@reddit

He sold the team to known assholes.

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zzzzzzzbest@reddit

Loved the spurs rivalries with Duncan and Dirk in the 2000s. Of course spurs usually won so it was really great when we get our few wins.

Was hoping for some Wemby vs Luka but unfortunately it is not to be 😢

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TSUTexan61@reddit

I only hope the dumonds sell the team back to mark or something tragic happens that forces new owners and they go get Luka back!!!

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KrazyWhiteBoi@reddit

LoL I guess you don’t realize how this works?? Luka will never be back in Dallas and will more than likely retire in LA now.

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TSUTexan61@reddit

No I know how it works, you apparently don’t understand what hope is.

Kidd left and came back and won it with Dirk. I think down the road we could always hope for that to happen for Luka, but, it would take us having new ownership

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cornbreadsdirtysheet@reddit

LeBron left Cleveland and came back and won a title with Kyrie.

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et_the_geek@reddit

I've heard Becca is a good person. That sucks thst she basically got censored by trash owners and executives.

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CanOfWheat@reddit

Guess I’m a lakers fan now

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KrazyWhiteBoi@reddit

You never was a Mavs fan then so this isn’t a big thing.

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lordb4@reddit

I understand true Mavs fans switching to the Spurs, but not the Lakers.

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CanOfWheat@reddit

Very true, Steve Nash and dirk always made me uncomfortable. I follow ACC basketball in a very half assed fashion. But hey look, now I’m a lakers fan.

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Blasphemous_21@reddit

boycott the Mavs

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lordb4@reddit

I'm an actual OG Mavs fan. I remember the team before Brad Davis. Also, the team no longer exists as of Feb 1, 2025.

Yup, I could survive the 90s, but this too much for me.

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Jim_Nills_Mustache@reddit

I legit have quit on the team, the trade was bad and soured me but the actions since towards fans and staff essentially telling them to sit down and shut up (while expecting them to still support the team) tells me we are all nothing but a fucking source of income to them and they don’t give a shit

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harrisondb@reddit

❤️❤️❤️ Becca

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jaysmami30@reddit

These new zionist owners never deserved luka .They didnt even deserve our fan base.. the shots they’ve taken at luka after the trade is so pathetic.. they got over 300 million to fund trump over the yrs but didn’t want to pay doncic who carried the team for the past 6-7 yrs!!!.. Im stuck because i feel bad for irving, thompson, etc but i cannot support a team whose owners/upper management dnt appreciate us the fans or didnt even have the integrity/respect to let luka know of his trade.. cant even imagine what it was having to find out through social media! They are disrespectful, disgusting, and i will not continue to put money/ratings into their pockets!

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stands2reason69420@reddit

No need to start this with Zionist like it’s a pejorative

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TrustMeImShore@reddit

We miss you, Luka.

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grandkidJEV@reddit

Now watch them fire Becca for posting this 🤦🏽‍♂️

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Binge_Gaming@reddit

They probably will.

As an employee, all that footage belongs to the Mavs, all that access is only possible because she works for the Mavs. It’s very clear the Mavs as an organization want to go another direction, but apparently trying to bend the rules and become social media famous was worth more than a job with the Mavs.

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grandkidJEV@reddit

You sound really cool to hang out with

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Binge_Gaming@reddit

Thanks.

On Monday you should go to work and take all the supplies or work designs and post them on your social media account in solidarity.

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unknown1310P1@reddit

Ok patrick

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grandkidJEV@reddit

I would but I don’t take advice from people that are insufferable

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omgitsr0b@reddit

That’s sad. 😵‍💫

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ResidentJicama4051@reddit

Hope you're happy Cuban

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KrazyWhiteBoi@reddit

He is more than happy! He bought the team cheap and sold it for way more!

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General-Carob-6087@reddit

The trade was bad enough but the behavior of the organization afterwards has really left a bad taste in my mouth. I’ll still root for the team but I will also not get over this. Will always follow Luka though and enjoy watching him play.

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Mundane-Kick-5838@reddit

Safe to say Dumont is an idiot who is in over his head. Stick the finance world, buddy.

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retrospects@reddit

If he’s a bad culture fit for the Mavs then I would want as far away from them as possible.

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tequilamigo@reddit

We gifted away walking talking pure basketball joy.

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StMU_Rattler@reddit

Spurs fan from Austin here. I feel so bad for the Mavs and Dallas as a whole. Y'all went from having one of the best owners and players to this shit. I hope AD does better than expected, but that's rough.

I'll have a drink for y'all. Cheers!

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