While the Dallas Mavericks separated from Luka Doncic in an exchange with the Los Angeles Lakers also involving Anthony Davis, the minority shareholder of the Texan franchise Mark Cuban pointed the finger at the imbalance of the transaction.
This is one of the events that will have marked by the NBA season. At the beginning of February, the Dallas Mavericks reached an agreement with the Los Angeles Lakers to exchange Luka Doncic against Anthony Davis without the main interested parties being informed. A little over a month later, languages are starting to untie and in particular that of Mark Cuban. Owner of the Texan franchise until December 2023, when he sold 73% of the shares to the Adelson family, Mark Cuban entrusted himself for a long time on the subject in an interview with the channel ABC And it cannot be said that the businessman has taken this transaction well.
“If the Mavs must exchange Luka Doncic, that’s one thing,” he said. But it was necessary to obtain a better agreement. Indeed, the native of Pittsburgh ensures that the counterparts obtained by the Dallas franchise, the arrivals of Anthony Davis and Max Christine with a choice of the first round of the draft in 2029, were not up to the value of the Slovenian player.
Cuban: “Person to really communicate with fans”
Indeed, Markieff Morris and Maxi Kleber accompanied Luka Doncic in California. “Without disrespecting Anthony Davis, I always think that if we had obtained four unprotected first round choices in addition to Davis and Max Christie, this conversation would be completely different,” said Mark Cuban, who added that he did not want to confirm if he had mentioned the subject with the Slovenian. And this while Anthony Davis quickly injured adductors and could no longer tread the NBA parquet floors by the end of the season.
During this interview, Mark Cuban made a parallel with the departure of Steve Nash to the Phoenix Suns in 2004 hoping that the result is the same, that is to say an NBA title. Concluding by admitting that errors are possible, the businessman has pointed out the lack of communication of the leaders of the franchise. “I think the biggest problem of Mavs today is that there is no one to really communicate with fans,” he said. And this while supporters of the Texan franchise expressed their disappointment in the face of the departure of Luka Donnic.
