Well, he will get what he deserves i hope, but not for being dumb, for selling his soul to the new owner AND for letting Dallas people down - like many of you said, this team, that got into the finals, was build around AND for Luka, period! No excuse can bring back years, kids were enjoying watching games only because of Luka - not that that got anything to do with it, but anyways, he WAS the face of Dallas and he was someone, kids (and many others!) loved, not because of his weight, but because of what he did and was doing for Dallas.
Sadly, we will never know, if he actually WOULD bring championship back to Dallas again, but even if not, will this team now? Don't get me wrong, i still love Dallas and always will, because of Dirk and years of games he gave me, even championship! The only thing that bothers me, is how cheap did Nico sell his ass to the new owner for what, money?? C'mon, you can't deny Nico, that you did what you did, because it was YOUR idea and vision, no it wasn't. As far as i know Luka (yes i am from Slovenia), he always was like a warrior, and he would do everything to help people he loves and cares...Sometimes in life, you get to a point, that your backbone strengthens and you need to be listened, you have to step up, and speak for yourself, tell what bothers you. And i think, that here, Luka simply didn't connect with new owner, like Patrick wanted, and like Luka did with Mark - what they had, was special, even on family level! Well, Luka didn't want this with Patrick, because he simply wasn't "his type" - maybe he wanted to be bossy to Luka, maybe he wanted Luka to handshake him every 5 minutes, and smile to him all the way, all the time...well...i think, that Patrick came to a point, where he saw, that Luka doesn't give a sh*** for him, and he became "angry"...then all those weight accusations came out etc etc... Ofc Niko won't say, that Patrick said, to get rid of Luka...no no, he was quiet, probably was given some money for what he did, and voila, he said, that he is fat, he can't play defense, blah blah blah...we all know how that went down, don't we
For this season, i had really good and high expectations for Mavs, because even without Luka (AND before rookie came) team was good, at least for me, yes we all need Kyrie and bench Thompson asap, but this team, doesn't deserve what they were given on their shoulders when Luka was gone. Cooper is good, and he will get better, but not with pressure on his shoulders, no way.
For Dallass future i hope only one (sorry, two!
) thing; that Nico is gone, Kidd replaced and for the sake of people from Dallas, Patrick as far away from this team as possible and to give fully free hands to their new GM and coach!
