Mavs Gm Makes Head-scratching Statement About Fans' Love For Luka Doncic After Trade

The Dallas Mavericks made nan shocking determination to waste and acquisition Luka Doncic to nan Los Angeles Lakers earlier nan deadline earlier successful nan play – a move that will apt haunt nan teams’ instrumentality guidelines for years to come.

Mavericks wide head Nico Harrison’s answers connected nan waste and acquisition person not sat good pinch anyone who enjoys nan NBA aliases are fans of nan team. On Monday, Harrison addressed nan waste and acquisition erstwhile again aft nan team’s playoff hopes were dashed successful nan play-in tournament.

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Mavericks wide head Nico Harrison during nan crippled against nan Los Angeles Lakers astatine American Airlines Center successful Dallas, April 9, 2025. (Jerome Miron-Imagn Images)

"I did cognize that Luka was important to nan instrumentality base," Harrison told a mini group of reporters. "I didn't rather cognize it to what level."

The Lakers’ Doncic acquisition re-energized nan team’s NBA title chances. He averaged 28.2 points, 8.1 rebounds and 7.5 assists successful 28 games for nan Lakers.

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Nico Harrison, nan Mavericks' wide manager, watches nan squad play against nan Toronto Raptors successful Dallas, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Harrison said he expected disapproval from nan waste and acquisition but thought it would person died down sooner if Anthony Davis was capable to play much pinch Kyrie Irving, Klay Thompson, P.J. Washington and Dereck Lively II. Davis suffered an wounded successful nan first crippled he played for Dallas. Irving suffered a season-ending wounded arsenic well.

"We consciousness that’s a championship-caliber squad and we would person been winning astatine a precocious level and that would person quieted immoderate of nan outrage," he added. "And so, unfortunately, we weren’t capable to do that, truthful it conscionable continued to spell connected and on."

Minnesota Timberwolves guardant Jaden McDaniels reaches successful connected Lakers defender Luka Doncic during their first-round playoff crippled connected Saturday, April 19, 2025, successful Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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History will find really nan waste and acquisition yet is looked at. But nan Lakers adding Doncic to an aging LeBron James was decidedly nan champion thought for their future.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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