Mavericks ( Patrick Dumont) owner craps on Lukas work ethic

[Swish1906]

At this point I’m just wondering if Luka is going to average 40 or 50PPG in future games against this Mavs FO

[sashaturiaf]

Patrick is just reading from the script. There is no way this series of events came about organically.

NBA decided having management and owners as villains and players as the victims seeking redemption is what the viewing public want, so this is what the viewing public get. Competition in the streaming content space is getting fierce and this is a move to secure the NBAs relevance.

Nico and the Mavs owner is Mr McMahon
Luka is Stone Cold Steve Austin

[God Squad]

Mark Cuban would never.

These bozo's are ruining the Mavs. The Mavs went from having one of the best long-term futures into one of the worst.

[Jables]

I'm just distracted by a 50 year old man claiming he grew up with Jordan and Shaq.

Anyone tell this guy you are supposed to grow up as a child?

Having said that you guys are tripping saying those guys didn't work hard lol, yeah they made some minor mistakes but tell me Jordan's skinfold measurements were ever bad with a straight face, Shaq is the only guy out of place.

[brutalitops]

Jesus Christ

You know whats more unprofessional then the picture you are painting about Luka's work Ethic and conditioning?

All the leaks then going on record then questioning it. I would be hoping Kyrie is 100% behind you because hes got a player option and I really don't see many player agents or potential interested parties wanting to go over to a team where the owners going to spew **** like this,

Not only is the trade pretty one sided, Its now pretty **** you are painting a loyal player like this through the media

And while we're at it, If your happy to take shots at an athletes weight....I mean if I had to wear tailored suits at every public outing purely because your too big....

[kenwood3333]

Doesn't sound like the Mavs front office have the work ethics to find the best possible return on this trade.

[7seventynine9]

I'm just distracted by a 50 year old man claiming he grew up with Jordan and Shaq.

Anyone tell this guy you are supposed to grow up as a child?

Having said that you guys are tripping saying those guys didn't work hard lol, yeah they made some minor mistakes but tell me Jordan's skinfold measurements were ever bad with a straight face, Shaq is the only guy out of place.

What? I'm 45 and grew up watching Jordan and Shaq. A 50 year old man would have been 9 when Jordan was a rookie, 17 when Shaq was a rookie. I guess saying he grew up with Shaq could be considered a little stretch.

[gottamakeit]

This is all a distraction. Anything that gets the heat off of Miriam Adelson & her being a cheap-ass leach. She moved Luka to duck the luxury tax. The mavs will not be paying the tax now or in the near future.

[Wingy]

Haiyaaaa.

If you said Kobe, Mike, Lebron…it might’ve at least made intellectual sense. But adding a guy like Shaq? You just, somehow, proved you’re an even bigger idiot than we thought.

[og15]

Haiyaaaa.

If you said Kobe, Mike, Lebron…it might’ve at least made intellectual sense. But adding a guy like Shaq? You just, somehow, proved you’re an even bigger idiot than we thought.

Just adding to the Shaq thing, since I posted he quote earlier:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/G_NdmIhlovY

"I didn't work out during the summer, I had other obligations. I wanted to work my way into shape"

[Baz]

Mark Cuban would never.

These bozo's are ruining the Mavs. The Mavs went from having one of the best long-term futures into one of the worst.

Nico is here for a good time, not a long time. He has built his dream team, probably designed to last the length of his intended tenure. And God knows what the intentions of the owners are. If they're purposely self sabotaging or they are as stupid as Nico, I don't know. This situation is so depressing.

[Sane]

What a bunch of BS, this guy has an OCD about hard work because his dad was hard on him and now he wants us to accept that it's a good reason to trade away a 25 year old player who - along with his conditioning issues - took you to the Finals a few months ago.

Someone's going to know how to motivate him and get him on track and it just wasn't YOU.

[danvato]

If you look at the greats in the league, the people you and I grew up with — Jordan, Bird, Kobe, Shaq — they worked really hard, every day, with a singular focus to win. And if you don’t have that, it doesn’t work … you shouldn’t be part of the Dallas Mavericks.”




https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/mavericks/2025/02/09/mavericks-governor-patrick-dumont-makes-first-public-comments-after-luka-doncic-trade/?outputType=amp

everyone rightfully pointing out Shaq, but the part that sticks out to me is bolded. He could have said Dirk at least, none of those players were on the Mavs.

[WillyJakkz]

You can't be built like that and criticize a pro athletes work ethic.

I can't prove that they are but it looks like they're looking at Luka with so much hate...

And I get the owner being a fat or out of shape guy that's not significant since that's not his craft it'd be something to do on their personal time vs a pro athletes getting paid to be in shape.

They just don't like the aesthetic of Luka's body plain and simple but it doesn't mean the guy isn't conditioned. Luka gonna kill these guys when they play and talk **** to that bench and the owners court side or wherever they sit now the whole game.

[-Luke-]

Luka is a Mav for life and I really wish him nothing but happiness and success in his career as he continues in LA.

English isn’t my first language but yeah… this makes no god damn sense.

I had no idea, but I just read that Rasho Nesterović is Luka's godfather.

Is Rasho to blame here, Blame Rasho? Is he somehow involved in this trade?

[LockoutSeason]

Read on Twitter

[BruttoNostra]

It's crazy that the family that made billions by fleecing degenerate gamblers is now publicly morally critizising a guy who likes to have a beer after work.

Plenty of good stuff in this thread, but this one has to be the best, IMHO.
F*** Adelson with their nepo team governor and dumb GM.

[Knicks218]

The NBA should look into this for collusion. Rob Pelinka and Nico are friends because of Kobe Byrant and Nico trades an MVP Hall of Famer candidate in Luka for peanuts.

Just like Jerry west did when he traded Pau Gasol to the Lakers, It's collusion and cheating to help keep the Lakers relevant!

[HomoSapien]

Anyone else feeling down on the NBA after this trade? It has pretty much nothing to do with Luka ending up specifically on the Lakers. I feel terrible for Mavs fans, but more than that I just feel like this trade was bad for the NBA product as a whole and that Dumont and Nico are bad for the league.

[seren]

This owner will bring down the whole franchise. I expect them to be a multi decade lottery team very soon. I see the words. I see the aggression. The egos. Dudes who feel like they can be successful running a franchise just because they made money somewhere. The same dude will pretty soon be in the lottery night war room calling for the next Stauskas pick