Despite the fact that Mark Cuban publicly said he would sooner divorce his spouse than commerce Luka Doncic, the previous occurred.
Though Cuban isn’t answerable for basketball operations on the Mavericks anymore, and he made that very clear following the commerce, Dallas legend Dirk Nowitzki doesn’t suppose Cuban’s off the hook utterly.
“I don’t suppose he has a lot affect anymore,” Nowitzki stated on 41 Campus. “He offered nearly all of the Mavericks over a 12 months in the past—greater than 50%. Now, he’s only a minority proprietor. I believe he nonetheless owns somewhat below 30%, however I doubt he has any actual decision-making energy anymore. Proper after the commerce, he stated that he had no concept it was occurring. And I imagine him. All of us ought to. He was at all times Luka’s number-one fan. He even made an announcement as soon as that he would by no means commerce Luka… So it might actually shock me if he had abruptly modified his thoughts. That’s why I actually imagine he had no say on this choice. I believe Nico [Harrison] and the brand new proprietor pulled this off with out involving him in any respect—or anybody else, for that matter. In fact, that’s robust for Mark. However while you promote nearly all of your workforce, it’s important to count on that you simply gained’t have management anymore. That’s simply the way it works. And over the previous 12 months, you possibly can already see the workforce heading in a distinct route. Now we’re seeing the results of that.”
Though Dirk doesn’t blame Cuban immediately, he’s additionally explaining how one can’t count on issues to remain precisely the identical should you relinquish management.
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