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00:00Yeah, it is a weird feeling, right?
00:02A weird scenario, a weird situation.
00:04But I think what you are highlighting, DRS,
00:06is the overwhelming sentiment among the city of Dallas
00:09and the Mavericks fan base.
00:11They are absolutely devastated by this move.
00:14They were more stunned than anybody else around the association.
00:17Among the fans, Luka Doncic loved,
00:20which makes this trade all that much more stunning.
00:23As reports have said, it was one man acting single-handedly.
00:28General Manager Nico Harrison that pulled this off in the shadows.
00:32Had to be okayed by ownership, we would anticipate.
00:36But it was Nico Harrison that has those ill-will feelings to Luka Doncic.
00:40Basically, everybody else in the Mavericks organization and fan base
00:45and the entirety of the NBA thinks this guy is a bona fide superstar,
00:49of course, of which he is.
00:52But I do hear your point, DRS,
00:53because if Nico Harrison is the guy that can pull off this blockbuster deal
00:57that shocks the entirety of a fan-based city and the entirety of a league,
01:02then he is probably the guy that has to okay the shirts being on the seats
01:06for all the fans to don to welcome back, Luka Doncic.
01:10Yes, and you hit the nail on the head.
01:13Like, the fans have every right to go to that arena,
01:15wear his jersey, cheer him wildly.
01:17But I just don't understand the feeling like,
01:19hey, we're going to have a great night tonight, Mavericks fans.
01:21Come back into the arena, watch Luka destroy us
01:23when you know he should be our player for the next 10 years.
01:26And then one answers.
01:27At least Nico can get up in front of the microphone and say,
01:29this is on me.
01:30Nico, why did you trade him?
01:31The guy drinks, and I don't know, I'm just putting this out.
01:34The guy drinks all night.
01:35He doesn't show up to practice.
01:37He's lazy.
01:37We're not spending $300 to $500 million over the next 10 years on this guy.
01:42That's why I traded him.
01:43Just own it and be honest with yourself.
01:46Because everybody, you're right, around the NBA goes,
01:48I don't understand how this happened.
01:50And the way it was pulled off, right, in the middle of the night
01:52where the Lakers were like, don't you dare let this get out
01:54until this trade is done.
01:56We are going to steal a superstar in Los Angeles.
01:59And you know what?
02:00The NBA didn't even go in.
02:01So you know what?
02:02I think, Dallas, you want to think about this for 24 hours
02:04before you pull this off.
02:05They love the fact that he went to Los Angeles.
02:07The only big losers in this weren't Luka Doncic
02:10because he gets to play in Los Angeles with the Lakers.
02:12It was the Mavericks fans going like, we have a superstar.
02:14We love this guy.
02:15We're going to watch him 10 more years.
02:17And yes, he may be able to bring us a championship.
02:19But you trade him in the dark of the night
02:21and now you expect all the love and kindness like,
02:23welcome back, welcome back.
02:24That's for the fans, not for the ownership group.
02:27I can't understand what happened last night
02:28except Luka came back bald and showed you like,
02:31I'm the best player that ever played for the Dallas Mavericks
02:33and you got rid of me?
02:34Take this.