Everybody was shocked when Luka Doncic was traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers final season.
It’s arduous to consider a much bigger and extra startling transfer in NBA historical past, and all the league was caught off guard.
Even Mark Cuban was shocked by it, and he nonetheless has very critical ideas and emotions about the way it went down.
Cuban opened up concerning the Doncic commerce and stated he was harm similar to everybody else.
“All of us had been harm when Luka acquired traded. Me, as a lot as anybody, as a result of I felt like I let folks down by not being there, however what’s performed is finished,” Cuban stated.
Mark Cuban reacts to the Luka Doncic commerce:
“I felt like I let folks down by not being there.” pic.twitter.com/tyvO1nLPme
— DLLS Mavs (@DLLS_Mavs) August 26, 2025
Cuban stated that he had skilled shock and anger from followers earlier than, however nothing like this.
It was made even worse by the truth that it was out of Cuban’s arms as a result of he was now not the bulk proprietor of the staff.
In some ways, all he may do was sit on the sidelines and watch.
The excellent news is that the Mavericks are in a a lot better place now.
Like others, Cuban is basically enthusiastic about Cooper Flagg and what he can do for the staff.
He believes that Flagg is the longer term, younger, gifted, and able to get began.
Cuban feels that in just a few years, folks gained’t be speaking concerning the Doncic commerce as a lot as a result of the staff shall be in a brand new golden age, led by Flagg.
The shock remains to be there, and followers proceed to be upset about shedding Doncic, however they’re transferring on, slowly however certainly.
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