I think the biggest lesson was don’t trade away your best player who is the sole reason for your success
Reinforces the fact that the superstar players are way more important than any executive. Nico would have been fired by any other sport owner for even suggesting trading Luka.
I don’t think that lesson is equal across fan bases. We fans had the rarest of opportunities to pass the torch from a Mavs legend in Dirk, to somebody that, that legend took under his wing and loved the hell out of. The torch was also not just assigned to someone likable, but great in his own right. Likely greater impact when all things are said and done. They ripped an entire culture from us, that’s different than just a star player.
We aren’t just upset that the team success was impacted, but the very meaning of being a Mavs fan has lost inspiration to so many of us that we can’t even watch the sport anymore, to the point I don’t even look at box scores.
Biggest lesson – don’t trade your generational player just entering his prime.
My big takeaway: don’t hire loyalists beholden to interests that are larger than the team.
Ultimately this is a business like any other. If you lose your customer base you’ll feel it
The biggest lesson here is don’t trade Luka.
Biggest lesson is you cannot give absolute power to a GM if you’re the governor and don’t know shit about basketball or your customers. A 30 second call to Cuban or asking any random Mavs fan on the street would have told him it was a mistake.
If we have so much power, then bring that man back to Dallas.
Biggest lesson: Don’t make Simple Jack your team’s owner.
This is one of the best pieces in the media that captures the emotional impact of the Luka trade and why Dallas fans did what we did. It wasn’t just another trade. He wasn’t just another player. Even if the Cooper Flagg era is a success, we won’t get over losing Luka for a long time if ever.
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I think the biggest lesson was don’t trade away your best player who is the sole reason for your success
Reinforces the fact that the superstar players are way more important than any executive. Nico would have been fired by any other sport owner for even suggesting trading Luka.
I don’t think that lesson is equal across fan bases. We fans had the rarest of opportunities to pass the torch from a Mavs legend in Dirk, to somebody that, that legend took under his wing and loved the hell out of. The torch was also not just assigned to someone likable, but great in his own right. Likely greater impact when all things are said and done. They ripped an entire culture from us, that’s different than just a star player.
We aren’t just upset that the team success was impacted, but the very meaning of being a Mavs fan has lost inspiration to so many of us that we can’t even watch the sport anymore, to the point I don’t even look at box scores.
Biggest lesson – don’t trade your generational player just entering his prime.
Farewell for now, to the King of Dallas.
https://youtu.be/cGQ23dpWj38?si=4icWqBokKntl_MZh
Back on the tank gang
Nahh, its getting Austin Reaves and another pick.
My big takeaway: don’t hire loyalists beholden to interests that are larger than the team.
Ultimately this is a business like any other. If you lose your customer base you’ll feel it
The biggest lesson here is don’t trade Luka.
Biggest lesson is you cannot give absolute power to a GM if you’re the governor and don’t know shit about basketball or your customers. A 30 second call to Cuban or asking any random Mavs fan on the street would have told him it was a mistake.
If we have so much power, then bring that man back to Dallas.
Biggest lesson: Don’t make Simple Jack your team’s owner.
This is one of the best pieces in the media that captures the emotional impact of the Luka trade and why Dallas fans did what we did. It wasn’t just another trade. He wasn’t just another player. Even if the Cooper Flagg era is a success, we won’t get over losing Luka for a long time if ever.