In 2023, Mark Cuban sold his majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks. It might sound crazy, but fans believe that decision led to tonight’s shocking trade involving Luke Doncic.
On Saturday night, the Mavericks agreed to trade Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Max Christie, Anthony Davis and a 2029 first-round pick. As part of this deal, they’re also parting ways with Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris. Obviously, Doncic and Davis are the real key pieces in this trade.
Immediately after this trade was announced, Mavericks fans went on social media to fire shots at Mark Cuban.
Mavericks fans are convinced that Cuban ruined the franchise by agreeing to sell his majority stake to the families of Miriam Adelson and Patrick Dumont. Although they can’t prove it, they’re convinced the new ownership group in Dallas signed off on trading Doncic.
With that said, Cuban is getting ripped to shreds on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. Some of the comments being made this evening are quite alarming.
“Mavs fans, we gotta attack Mark Cuban,” one person wrote.
“Mark Cuban selling the team absolutely ruined the franchise,” another fan declared. “This wouldn’t have happened with him still being the owner.”
“Mark Cuban and Nico Harrison will be in my death note,” a Mavericks fan said. “What’s wrong with them.”
“Mark Cuban going woke ruined his mind for life,” a social media user commented.
“Mavericks fans have to punch Cuban for this,” a fifth person added.
Cuban sold his shares in the Mavericks for $3.5 billion. During an appearance on the “All-In” podcast, he explained why he made this move.
“When I first bought [the Mavericks] in 2000 I was the tech guy in the NBA,” Cuban said. “I was the media guy. I had every edge and every angle. Now fast-forward 24 years later, in order to sustain growth to be able to compete with the new collective bargaining agreement, you have to have other sources of revenue. And so you see other teams in all sports for that matter talking about casinos, talking about doing real estate development. That’s just not me. I wasn’t going to put up $2 billion to get an education on building. If we’re able to build a Venetian-type casino in Dallas with an American Airlines Center in the middle of it, the valuation is $20 billion. But I own 27% of that.”
Maybe, just maybe, Cuban regrets this decision after seeing this trade go down. On the other hand, he can just take a peak at his bank account and go to sleep knowing he’s doing just fine.
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