There are no mulligans at the NBA trade depot
If I had told you that of the three guards featured in the Mavericks playoff run of 2022, the last remaining would be Spencer Dinwiddie (after his departure and return) in 2025 — you would not have believed me three years ago after the end of the Western Conference Finals. But here we are, in the dark timeline.
In the hours after this news broke, I focused on people I know who care deeply about this team and the saga unfolding around #77. I thought about my colleagues at MavsMoneyBall and how hard this news would slam into their hearts and minds. I thought about the great PandaHank pouring himself into the best video recaps any fanbase is delivered after each win. I thought about kids who don’t know the Mavericks without Luka Doncic on the team. On a broader level, if you are a visitor of this site, a fan of this team, and love this now shockingly departed wunderkind, I wince for all of us.
I normally write something — even if it is just one line — in front of each video on these posts. I apologize but I cannot do it this time. Instead, I will say that I will write more soon about the unfurling of my thoughts and feelings after this debacle.
We begrudgingly begin the saddest installment of the Mavs YouTube RoundUp with the grossest trade-related press conference in Dallas Mavericks history. Jason Kidd appears to wish he was anywhere else as Nico Harrison preens for the cameras after he took a Miley Cyrus-level Wrecking Ball to the franchise many of us have rooted for all our lives. If you scroll to the bottom, you’ll get a nice bit of musical reprieve that I hope gives you a moment of quiet amid the upheaval.
Scan through, watch the videos that strike you as interesting, and keep checking back as we all do our level best to our collective chin up.
If you made it this far, enjoy and get some good sleep when you can.