DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks aren’t elevating season ticket costs forward of subsequent season.
On Thursday, Mavericks CEO Rick Welts joined the crew’s broadcast within the second quarter of Dallas’ 130-121 loss to the Sacramento Kings and stated crew governor Patrick Dumont selected to maintain ticket costs flat as a result of he understands Dallas didn’t meet expectations this yr.
“It was one of many strangest conferences I’ve been in in my 48 years within the league, the place you sit down with the proprietor,” Welts stated. “The workers has achieved two months of labor to determine the place tickets is perhaps underpriced.
“Patrick preempted the dialog earlier than it bought began and stated, ‘Look, we didn’t ship this yr. We didn’t ship on the crew as anticipated. We’re not going to lift one ticket worth this yr.’ A well-liked resolution. The proper one as effectively.”
The Mavericks hoped they might make a deep playoff run with Anthony Davis as a focus, however Davis’ harm points and bloated contract pressured Dallas resolution makers to resolve whether or not this crew was constructed to win now.
Earlier this month, the Mavericks traded Davis to the Washington Wizards for wage reduction, two late first-round draft picks and three second-round picks. The Mavericks are 2-6 because the commerce, and at 21-37, are in twelfth place within the Western Convention.
Welts stated that the Mavericks’ focus is to proceed constructing round Cooper Flagg. The No. 1 decide in final June’s draft, Flagg is averaging 20.4 factors, 6.6 rebounds and 4.1 assists in his rookie season.
“I really feel like we turned the web page in what’s been a very troublesome chapter in Mavericks historical past,” Welts stated. “And now we have a plan. We now have a generational participant we’re going to construct round and create that form of championship-caliber (crew).”
In November, Dumont fired common supervisor Nico Harrison, who was the driving pressure behind the Mavericks’ resolution to commerce former face of the franchise Luka Dončić for Davis. Dončić is averaging 32.7 factors per sport this season, the very best scoring common within the NBA, for the sixth-place Los Angeles Lakers (34-24). Davis appeared in 20 video games this season with the Mavericks earlier than being dealt and stays out with a left hand harm.
Final yr, the Mavericks notified season ticket holders that charges had been rising weeks after making the controversial Dončić-for-Davis commerce. Tickets on the ground and terrace ranges noticed the steepest hikes, rising by as a lot as 20 %.
