{"id":692733,"date":"2026-04-01T22:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T22:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/692733\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T22:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T22:29:13","slug":"jason-kidd-tells-mark-cuban-to-move-on-from-luka-doncic-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/692733\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Kidd Tells Mark Cuban to ‘Move On’ From Luka Don\u010di\u0107 Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jason Kidd is pushing back after Mark Cuban<\/a> publicly criticized the Dallas Mavericks\u2019 decision to trade Luka Don\u010di\u0107, making it clear he wants the organization to stop reliving the move and start focusing on what comes next.<\/p>\n

Hours before the Mavericks\u2019 24-point loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, Kidd was asked about comments Cuban recently made on the Intersections podcast. Cuban, who sold his majority stake in the franchise in 2023, said the Don\u010di\u0107 deal \u201cdoesn\u2019t justify it for our coach and our general manager to stand up and trade our best player.\u201d Kidd, who has spent the last several months answering questions about the blockbuster trade, responded bluntly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen are we going to move on?\u201d Kidd said, according to the Dallas Morning News<\/a>. \u201cWe have to move forward. We\u2019re focused on the present and the future and we\u2019ve got an incredible opportunity to build.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kidd also downplayed the growing tension between Cuban and the Mavericks\u2019 current ownership group, led by Patrick Dumont and Miriam Adelson. He described the dispute as \u201cbetween two owners,\u201d but revealed that he contacted Cuban directly after the podcast episode was released. <\/p>\n

The coach did not disclose details of the conversation, though his remarks suggested frustration with how often the subject continues to overshadow the team.<\/p>\n

The exchange is notable because Cuban was the person who brought Kidd back to Dallas. After spending four seasons with the Mavericks as a player and helping the franchise win its only NBA championship in 2011, Kidd returned in 2021 as head coach. <\/p>\n

Cuban also hired Nico Harrison as general manager that same year. The two helped guide Dallas to the NBA Finals in 2024, only months after Cuban sold his controlling stake in the franchise at a $3.5 billion valuation while retaining a 27 percent share.<\/p>\n

Cuban has become increasingly vocal about the team\u2019s direction since the sale. Earlier this week, he said he regretted selling the Mavericks to Adelson and Dumont, even though he still believes selling was the right decision<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t regret selling,\u201d Cuban said on the podcast. \u201cI regret who I sold to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Much of that frustration appears tied to the February 2025 trade that sent Don\u010di\u0107 to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Anthony Davis and Max Christie. <\/p>\n

The move triggered immediate backlash across the league and among Dallas fans. Davis appeared in only 29 games before being traded to the Washington Wizards earlier this season, while Harrison \u2014 who orchestrated the deal \u2014 was fired in November.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks are now trying to move into a new era built around No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg, but the fallout from the Don\u010di\u0107 trade continues to follow the franchise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jason Kidd is pushing back after Mark Cuban publicly criticized the Dallas Mavericks\u2019 decision to trade Luka Don\u010di\u0107,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":692734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3793],"tags":[7,686,149,4057,166,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-692733","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-mavericks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-mavericks","11":"tag-dallasmavericks","12":"tag-mavericks","13":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116331817530311926","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}