Lia Assimakopoulos of The Dallas Morning News writes:

The Dallas Stars filed a counterclaim late Tuesday night against the Dallas Mavericks, seeking to “restore normal operations at the [American Airlines Center] and prevent the Mavericks’ attempted hostile takeover,” according to a statement from Stars’ counsel Joshua M. Sandler.

In the suit, the Stars claim the Mavericks had no legal right to claim the Stars breached their 1998 franchise agreement by locating their corporate headquarters outside of the city of Dallas, and that only the city of Dallas could determine “a relocation event” occurred.

The countersuit comes just 12 hours after the Mavericks ownership filed a 253-page petition for injunctive relief against Stars ownership in Texas Business Court, seeking legal finality on a breach of contract dispute the Mavericks raised in October 2024.

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10 comments

  1. Vibes are so heinous we have the mavs suing the stars. What an embarrassment. The adelsons are some of the most greedy people on earth

  7. If this shit doesn’t scream ‘alienate the fan base to move’ I don’t know what does. They know the Stars have a loyal fan base which is a part of that Mavs fan base(that’s dwindling) and this is a big ‘fuck you’ to them. FUCK THE MAVS!

  8. Man we really are the worst front office/ organization in the NBA. Really wish this team would just move to Vegas . And have a new franchise

  10. We all know what’s going to happen here.

    The Mavs will leave the AAC, spend like 1.5b creating a new stadium we don’t need, which will further price out real fans. The Stars will leave the AAC, spend like 1B building a stadium in Plano, further pricing out real fans.

    Just so hard to care anymore.

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