President Donald Trump addressed a major Dallas Mavericks moment while he spoke to a crowd inside the team’s arena Wednesday night.
“This is a big Dallas Mavericks team, which is going to be hopefully good. I must tell you, I don’t understand the trade,” Trump said. “That trade is not — what do I know about basketball? I would say it’s not going to go down as the greatest trade in the history of sports. It might go down as the worst trade in the history of sports.”
“Babe will always be the worst trade. But, is it Luka?” Trump said. “Maybe we could redo that trade. I redo deals all the time. We gotta redo that deal. I don’t get that deal. Some deals you understand; I understand deals. But that one I didn’t quite get.”
The Mavericks and the Lakers stunned the sports world with the Doncic trade in February 2025. Dallas traded the Slovenian superstar to the Lakers for a package that included forward Anthony Davis, guard Max Christie and a 2029 first-round draft pick.
Trump is no stranger to sharing his thoughts on major sports topics across the country. He took the stage at American Airlines Center around 8:10 p.m. Wednesday night as Lee Greenwood sang “God Bless the USA.”