Dumont had a negative interaction with Luka that led him to greenlight the trade.

[Lala870]

Anyone who has a functioning brain cell does not believe this.

if you do the WWE is calling you to watch.

[Exp0sed]

https://dallashoopsjournal.com/p/nico-harrison-takeover-dallas-mavericks-luka-doncic-trade?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=621353&post_id=161812840&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17lwnj&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email



Sources informed DallasHoopsJournal.com that among the factors that led Dumont to provide the green light was an interaction he had with Dončić, focused on addressing perceived conditioning concerns. This occurred before Harrison initiated trade talks for Dončić at his coffee meeting with Pelinka in Dallas before the Mavericks faced the Lakers on Jan. 7. As one might expect, that interaction involving Dončić and Dumont did not go well. Weeks later, Dončić was traded, with a heavy run of media leaks emphasizing conditioning to follow.

The intel provided to Dumont by the Harrison-led basketball operations department enabled Harrison to obtain permission to make the controversial trade to acquire a player he had long sought, Davis. Dumont doubled down on that narrative just days after the trade, further illustrating how effective the Harrison regime’s selling of this problem proved to be. In an interview with The Dallas Morning News, Dumont made his position unmistakably clear. The man who had just authorized the trade of a generational superstar had publicly questioned Dončić’s commitment.


YEAH..It was all NICO! What a joke. That article pretty much goes through everything. Worth a read! Crazy stuff.

"intel" lmfao

the spin machine trying to sell of the dumbest decision in the history of pro sports as something intelligent, which it isn't in any shape or form lol

[maverick_41]

Still doesn’t explain the biggest problem with this trade. Why only the lakers and why such crappy return?

Because Nico was fixated on getting his guy, Anthony Davis.

Why did he want Davis? I don't buy any basketball reasons. AD is yesterday's news.
Maybe Dallas will give him a max extension that the Lakers were reluctant to provide, then Nico will get % of agent's commission in cash from AD's current agent?

[Tracymcgoaty]

Anyone who has a functioning brain cell does not believe this.

if you do the WWE is calling you to watch.

Believes what? That Dumont had a part in why Luka being traded?

[Lala870]

Anyone who has a functioning brain cell does not believe this.

if you do the WWE is calling you to watch.

Believes what? That Dumont had a part in why Luka being traded?

The entire trade not being rigged for the Lakers.

[Tracymcgoaty]

Anyone who has a functioning brain cell does not believe this.

if you do the WWE is calling you to watch.

Believes what? That Dumont had a part in why Luka being traded?

The entire trade not being rigged for the Lakers.

And what part of the functioning brain cells does that have to do with Dumont greenlighting the trade?

[Lala870]

Believes what? That Dumont had a part in why Luka being traded?

The entire trade not being rigged for the Lakers.

And what part of the functioning brain cells does that have to do with Dumont greenlighting the trade?

Just to clarify...so you think it was not a rigged trade? You believe the stories coming out of the Mavs FO?

[wade44]

How does this even start to excuse Nico from trading him to the LAKERS for an expired bag of chips?

[Lala870]

How does this even start to excuse Nico from trading him to the LAKERS for an old bag of chips?

The NBA wants the Lakers relavent and Luka is the perfect piece.

[Tracymcgoaty]

The entire trade not being rigged for the Lakers.

And what part of the functioning brain cells does that have to do with Dumont greenlighting the trade?

Just to clarify...so you think it was not a rigged trade? You believe the stories coming out of the Mavs FO?

I dont know what to believe i dont have all the facts at hand. Thats why i didn't believe it when they put all the blame on Nico. Again did Dumont greenlit the trade or not? Based on the numerous Dallas journalists reporting on it.

[Lala870]

And what part of the functioning brain cells does that have to do with Dumont greenlighting the trade?

Just to clarify...so you think it was not a rigged trade? You believe the stories coming out of the Mavs FO?

I dont know what to believe i dont have all the facts at hand. Thats why i didn't believe it when they put all the blame on Nico. Again did Dumont greenlit the trade or not? Based on the numerous Dallas journalists reporting on it.

I think there was collusion that occurred on this trade relative to the reports coming out at a much higher level.

[Tracymcgoaty]

Just to clarify...so you think it was not a rigged trade? You believe the stories coming out of the Mavs FO?

I dont know what to believe i dont have all the facts at hand. Thats why i didn't believe it when they put all the blame on Nico. Again did Dumont greenlit the trade or not? Based on the numerous Dallas journalists reporting on it.

I think there was collusion that occurred on this trade relative to the reports coming out at a much higher level.

sigh..alright.

[Sixers in 4]

More smearing of a guy already out the door.

Why would anyone want to play for that garbage franchise?

[Tracymcgoaty]

How does this even start to excuse Nico from trading him to the LAKERS for an expired bag of chips?

Because it isn't mean't to excuse him from that. It's meant to show that the owners are idiots along with Nico.

[Lala870]

I dont know what to believe i dont have all the facts at hand. Thats why i didn't believe it when they put all the blame on Nico. Again did Dumont greenlit the trade or not? Based on the numerous Dallas journalists reporting on it.

I think there was collusion that occurred on this trade relative to the reports coming out at a much higher level.

sigh..alright.

I know its not ideal for Laker fans to hear but the Laker franchise seems like its too big to fail right now as a brand.

[Jedi32]

I've said this previously but Nico is the fall guy imo. The whole reason there is no chance he gets fired is because he was just doing the owner's bidding. It's Dumont who wanted Luka traded. It doesn't absolve Nico from responsibility - any GM with integrity would've quit if told he has to trade Luka. But it just means the reason ownership won't fire him isn't because they are tolerating this decision, it's because they initiated the decision. I have no proof of this, of course, other than the fact that no other explanation makes sense (again, imho).

No one is quitting a multi million job because your boss told you to fire an employee even if they’re your favorite.

Yes Nico is the fall guy, and to flame the dude for a decision coming from the people that own the team is exactly what the owners want. “Sell the team” should be the chant, not “Fire Nico”

I'll never understand that kind of thinking. Who in their right mind would quit a dream job just because they had to trade a player? Players get traded all the time, sometimes great ones do. It is what it is.

[Sixers in 4]

I've said this previously but Nico is the fall guy imo. The whole reason there is no chance he gets fired is because he was just doing the owner's bidding. It's Dumont who wanted Luka traded. It doesn't absolve Nico from responsibility - any GM with integrity would've quit if told he has to trade Luka. But it just means the reason ownership won't fire him isn't because they are tolerating this decision, it's because they initiated the decision. I have no proof of this, of course, other than the fact that no other explanation makes sense (again, imho).

No one is quitting a multi million job because your boss told you to fire an employee even if they’re your favorite.

Yes Nico is the fall guy, and to flame the dude for a decision coming from the people that own the team is exactly what the owners want. “Sell the team” should be the chant, not “Fire Nico”

I'll never understand that kind of thinking. Who in their right mind would quit a dream job just because they had to trade a player? Players get traded all the time, sometimes great ones do. It is what it is.

Trading him is one thing the return was trash. The Lakers got better for the future and the present both those things should not happen in a fair deal

[ChumboChappati]

I already knew that owners were behind this move. They just don't want to pay that huge amount to Luka when they are not getting their casino from Dallas. If Dallas had given them their casino, then Luka would still be a Mavs. Simple.

[Bob8]

I already knew that owners were behind this move. They just don't want to pay that huge amount to Luka when they are not getting their casino from Dallas. If Dallas had given them their casino, then Luka would still be a Mavs. Simple.

But they are prepared to pay similar money to AD and 1 knee Kyrie?

[SkyBill40]

I have to liken this, albeit somewhat differently, to Ishbia and James Jones. Ishbia/Dumont are interchangeable here as they're the chainsaw that makes the cut. James Jones/Nico Harrison are also interchangeable as the rope that pulls the saw to life. You can't have one without the other seeing that both are necessary to do the job, but one of those is the actual mechanism that fells the tree even if it shouldn't be toppled. In the case of both franchises, the saw that cut it all down was the owner. This was an abjectly stupid move of the most insane kind.

Both the Mavericks and the Suns are ruined for at least a decade or more. And while the Mavs have resources to somewhat rebuild, the generational talent that is Doncic isn't likely to be replaced anytime soon if ever; the Suns, having traded away nearly everything for two players who haven't accomplished anything, have next to nothing to try and resurrect their franchise. And while I've not been much of a Doncic fan, I did want the Suns to take him rather than Ayton and spoke quite strongly about how we'd regret passing on him. It sucks to be right.

There's been a lot of talk about the ownership group and their machinations to get a casino complex built in Dallas. From what I understand, that process isn't going well and this move doesn't aid their cause unless, quite nefariously, it is to attempt a relocation bid should their efforts fail. It was bad enough seeing my Sonics move to OKC; I don't think the NBA BoG allow such a travesty to take place a second time.