Mavericks Likely Cost Themselves Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars With Luka Doncic Trade

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 3:07 pm

The Dallas Mavericks are expected to have cost themselves nine figures in revenue over the next few seasons due to the Luka Doncic trade, sources tell ESPN's Tim MacMahon. Attendance has been down since the Doncic trade and so many fans canceled season tickets after the trade that the Mavericks offered limited refunds in attempts of generating some level of goodwill.

The Mavericks have also lost revenue opportunities due to decreasing merchandise sales and sponsors severing ties with the franchise after the Doncic trade.

For all the criticism the Mavericks have received for the Doncic trade from a basketball perspective, the business side of the deal has also been a negative for the franchise.

The Mavericks internally believed that a five-year, $345 million supermax contract extension that Doncic would become eligible for this offseason would be a poor investment.

Via Tim MacMahon/ESPN

jlokine · Post #2 » by **jlokine** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 5:00 pm

owners: all going according to plan

pushfloater · Post #3 » by **pushfloater** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 5:11 pm

It’s gonna be a helluva game tonight.. I call 40-10-10

Blue_and_Whte · Post #4 » by **Blue_and_Whte** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 6:04 pm

jlokine wrote:owners: all going according to plan

Exactly

Wildcat · Post #5 » by **Wildcat** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 6:55 pm

What a shock. It's like they're tanking the team for a specific reason. I'm curious if David Stern was still around, would this have ever happened. The manipulation seems so painfully obvious.

Beethoven · Post #6 » by **Beethoven** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 6:55 pm

May have been way cheaper to just pay Doncic his worth.

Post #7 » by **Darthlukey** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 7:32 pm

Wildcat wrote:What a shock. It's like they're tanking the team for a specific reason. I'm curious if David Stern was still around, would this have ever happened. The manipulation seems so painfully obvious.

**** like this happened all the time with stern around. The pau trade and the cp3 trade are two of the worst trades under mysterious circumstances of all time, though at least with the cp3 trade the team owner saw reason and blocked the trade

HiRez · Post #8 » by **HiRez** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 8:19 pm

Dallas botched the trade for sure, however, AD the big piece coming back got injured in his first game as a Mav and then was out for 6 weeks while the team flailed. So I think that probably has a little to do with the decreased attendance. Also will take some time for the anger to die down, but it will eventually.

Jax_23 · Post #9 » by **Jax_23** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 11:40 pm

People like Patrick Dumont and Nico Harrison are what's wrong with the world

Trash

RM519 · Post #10 » by **RM519** » Thu Apr 10, 2025 12:10 am

Darthlukey wrote:
Wildcat wrote:What a shock. It's like they're tanking the team for a specific reason. I'm curious if David Stern was still around, would this have ever happened. The manipulation seems so painfully obvious.

**** like this happened all the time with stern around. The pau trade and the cp3 trade are two of the worst trades under mysterious circumstances of all time, though at least with the cp3 trade the team owner saw reason and blocked the trade

You’re confused. The NBA was the “team owner” who blocked the Chris Paul trade.

The Pau Gasol trade wasn’t bad cause Lakers gave up Marc Gasol

Vegeta10176 · Post #11 » by **Vegeta10176** » Thu Apr 10, 2025 1:53 am

Wildcat wrote:What a shock. It's like they're tanking the team for a specific reason. I'm curious if David Stern was still around, would this have ever happened. The manipulation seems so painfully obvious.

What would David Stern do. To be clear the only reason the NBA could veteo the cp3 trade is because the NBA owned the team..

WindyCityBorn · Post #12 » by **WindyCityBorn** » Thu Apr 10, 2025 1:54 am

HiRez wrote:Dallas botched the trade for sure, however, AD the big piece coming back got injured in his first game as a Mav and then was out for 6 weeks while the team flailed. So I think that probably has a little to do with the decreased attendance. Also will take some time for the anger to die down, but it will eventually.

AD was never worth Luka. Trade was terrible from the outset.

Lee in Oregon · Post #13 » by **Lee in Oregon** » Thu Apr 10, 2025 2:45 am

Vegeta10176 wrote:
Wildcat wrote:What a shock. It's like they're tanking the team for a specific reason. I'm curious if David Stern was still around, would this have ever happened. The manipulation seems so painfully obvious.

What would David Stern do. To be clear the only reason the NBA could veteo the cp3 trade is because the NBA owned the team..

WW David Stern do? Nothing. Just like he when let the Sonics leave Seattle to play in the smallest market in the NBA. Stern was an idiot. He was lucky to be the commisioner when he was, and he can thank Bird & Magic for that.

Lee in Oregon · Post #14 » by **Lee in Oregon** » Thu Apr 10, 2025 2:46 am

Vegeta10176 wrote:
Wildcat wrote:What a shock. It's like they're tanking the team for a specific reason. I'm curious if David Stern was still around, would this have ever happened. The manipulation seems so painfully obvious.

What would David Stern do. To be clear the only reason the NBA could veteo the cp3 trade is because the NBA owned the team..

WW David Stern do? Nothing. Just like he when let the Sonics leave Seattle to play in the smallest market in the NBA. Stern was an idiot. He was lucky to be the commisioner when he was, and he can thank Bird & Magic for that.

Post #15 » by **Darthlukey** » Thu Apr 10, 2025 3:35 am

RM519 wrote:
Darthlukey wrote:
Wildcat wrote:What a shock. It's like they're tanking the team for a specific reason. I'm curious if David Stern was still around, would this have ever happened. The manipulation seems so painfully obvious.

**** like this happened all the time with stern around. The pau trade and the cp3 trade are two of the worst trades under mysterious circumstances of all time, though at least with the cp3 trade the team owner saw reason and blocked the trade

You’re confused. The NBA was the “team owner” who blocked the Chris Paul trade.

The Pau Gasol trade wasn’t bad cause Lakers gave up Marc Gasol

There is no confusion, I know exactly who owned the team at that time and it took a bunch of other league owners to force Sterns hand, it was glorious

And Marc gasol turning into an amazing player (which he did, but it was absolutely not expected) doesnt offset the fact that Pau was traded super cheaply without the rest of the league knowing or having an opportunity to bid, just like the Luka trade

eureca20 · Post #16 » by **eureca20** » Thu Apr 10, 2025 4:28 am

Darthlukey wrote:
RM519 wrote:
Darthlukey wrote:**** like this happened all the time with stern around. The pau trade and the cp3 trade are two of the worst trades under mysterious circumstances of all time, though at least with the cp3 trade the team owner saw reason and blocked the trade

You’re confused. The NBA was the “team owner” who blocked the Chris Paul trade.

The Pau Gasol trade wasn’t bad cause Lakers gave up Marc Gasol

There is no confusion, I know exactly who owned the team at that time and it took a bunch of other league owners to force Sterns hand, it was glorious

And Marc gasol turning into an amazing player (which he did, but it was absolutely not expected) doesnt offset the fact that Pau was traded super cheaply without the rest of the league knowing or having an opportunity to bid, just like the Luka trade

Why be upset about that? Lakers gave up Pau Gasol/Lamar who at the time of the proposed trade had a lot of value to the Lakers. And a 1st rounder. Instead the Hornets got Eric Gordon, Aminu and a 1st(Austin Rivers). Fine if you think that is better, but people acting like Lakers gave so much less value than the Clippers. Clippers gave different value. Which really did nothing for the Hornets franchise. Either way they weren't getting anything near the value of Chris Paul back. It's more so people being angry that the Lakers were going to get him.

As for the Pau trade. Sure you can get angry about it but the reality is that it helped the Grizzlies have the best stretch in their franchise history. It freed up space/money to later get ZBO. And obviously Marc Gasol. I get being mad at the time, but 20 years later we know the outcome. Sidenote was that it helped them tank that year for a top 5 pick. They then botched it by trading Kevin Love/Mike Miller for OJ Mayo. They could have had Kevin Love or Russell Westbrook.

Ssj16 · Post #17 » by **Ssj16** » Thu Apr 10, 2025 5:01 am

Beethoven wrote:May have been way cheaper to just pay Doncic his worth.

It's cheaper to keep her.

NoStatsGuy · Post #18 » by **NoStatsGuy** » Thu Apr 10, 2025 9:50 am

Darthlukey wrote:
Wildcat wrote:What a shock. It's like they're tanking the team for a specific reason. I'm curious if David Stern was still around, would this have ever happened. The manipulation seems so painfully obvious.

**** like this happened all the time with stern around. The pau trade and the cp3 trade are two of the worst trades under mysterious circumstances of all time, though at least with the cp3 trade the team owner saw reason and blocked the trade

uhhm the team didnt have an owner or proper front office at that time, that was the only reason the trade could be blocked. it was a league commitee.

the commisioners have no business blocking or approving trades. i know yall are conspiracy theorists and believe in this kind of stuff.

Wildcat · Post #19 » by **Wildcat** » Thu Apr 10, 2025 11:19 am

Vegeta10176 wrote:
Wildcat wrote:What a shock. It's like they're tanking the team for a specific reason. I'm curious if David Stern was still around, would this have ever happened. The manipulation seems so painfully obvious.

What would David Stern do. To be clear the only reason the NBA could veteo the cp3 trade is because the NBA owned the team..

I'm not suggesting a veto, but Stern had a reputation and was fiercely protective of the NBA product. That reputation alone would be enough to deter a move like this from ever happening. The mere suggestion that a team owner have ulterior motives for purposefully tanking their team for a relocation as one of their motivations would spin his head.

Wildcat · Post #20 » by **Wildcat** » Thu Apr 10, 2025 11:25 am

Lee in Oregon wrote:
Vegeta10176 wrote:
Wildcat wrote:What a shock. It's like they're tanking the team for a specific reason. I'm curious if David Stern was still around, would this have ever happened. The manipulation seems so painfully obvious.

What would David Stern do. To be clear the only reason the NBA could veteo the cp3 trade is because the NBA owned the team..

WW David Stern do? Nothing. Just like he when let the Sonics leave Seattle to play in the smallest market in the NBA. Stern was an idiot. He was lucky to be the commisioner when he was, and he can thank Bird & Magic for that.

Huh? I suggest you read up on the move or watch a documentary about it. I find it hard to draw that kind of conclusion.