How do you sell this to your season ticket holders and fanbase if you're Dallas? So many people watch this team just because of Luca Doncic. What do you tell the children?

"Defense Wins Championships" won't cut it.

How do you sell this to players? Luka was the face of that franchise and a top 5 player and as thanks they traded him for pennies on the dollar just so they wouldn't have to give him a Supermax and called him fat and slow after they did it. Who in the **** is going to buy into that organization after this?

Man **** the Lakers. Getting yet another generational talent.

Behind the scenes billionaire favor for a favor? Only thing I can think of. Adelsons get something outside of basketball/NBA from the Buss family.

Dallas is down by 40 right now midway through the 2nd quarter btw

The players are predictably not taking to this trade well

It makes perfect sense if your intentions are to drive fans away so they can have an excuse to move the team to Vegas. That **** Miriam Adelson doesn’t give a **** about the fans.

Meh, it's bad, but you also might be a prisoner of the moment. See what OKC got for Paul George.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Billy, this is Luka Doncic. He is a top 5 player in the NBA and can be an all time great. His defect is that he gets a little chunky sometimes. This guy should cost us our entire roster and 10 firsts, but we can get him for just Anthony Davis. <a href="https://t.co/gShwCgVN7D">pic.twitter.com/gShwCgVN7D</a></p>&mdash; Moneyball Memes 💰⚾️ (@MoneyballMemes) <a href="https://twitter.com/MoneyballMemes/status/1886089829814837260?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The fact the Mavs not only traded Luka, but didn’t do a league-wide search to see what they could have gotten in return on the open market is damning.

Yeah, this feels like one the Commish should look at more carefully, a la Chris Paul.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is so embarrassing <a href="https://t.co/933c5oDnGu">pic.twitter.com/933c5oDnGu</a></p>&mdash; MFFL (@Mavs_FFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mavs_FFL/status/1886134909141430754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Appreciate the honesty

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Mavs GM celebrating the return package for Luka Doncic <a href="https://t.co/tgYTsMwi8o">pic.twitter.com/tgYTsMwi8o</a></p>&mdash; Shooter McGavin (@ShooterMcGavin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShooterMcGavin_/status/1886057742869143910?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Sacramento is finalizing a trade to send De&#39;Aaron Fox to the San Antonio Spurs in a multi-team trade that moves Chicago Bulls&#39; Zach LaVine to the Kings, sources tell ESPN. <a href="https://t.co/Ftmo8N4hMj">pic.twitter.com/Ftmo8N4hMj</a></p>&mdash; Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1886225429272387803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 3, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I expect this trade to make more sense than the previous one.