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Nico Harrison, along with new Dallas Mavericks' CEO Rick Welts, held an hour-long session Tuesday morning with a select group of Dallas-based media. The controversial trade of Luka Doncic for a package headlined by Anthony Davis dominated the discussion. Harrison's only other media availability since the trade was a brief pregame session the following day in Cleveland "There's … [Read more...] about Nico Harrison Has ‘No Regrets’ On Trading Luka Doncic To Lakers

The Oklahoma City Thunder secured homecourt advantage for the duration of the playoffs with their 68-14 record and NBA-best +12.9 Net Rating. The Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics were bunched together in second and third in both record and Net Rating. The best matchups of the first round figure to be the Los Angeles Lakers against Minnesota Timberwolves less than a year … [Read more...] about 2025 NBA Playoffs: First-Round Matchups Set As Regular Season Concludes

When Dante Exum suffered a fractured left hand, it was thought that the veteran guard would miss the rest of the season. Now, Exum might make an earlier-than-expected return for Dallas. Exum has been upgraded to questionable for the Mavericks home game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday. Exum was injured in the Mavs loss to the Houston Rockets on March 14. At the time, … [Read more...] about Dante Exum Could Return Earlier Than Expected From Fractured Hand

Jason Kidd has said he wasn't involved in the Dallas Mavericks' decision to trade Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers and that Nico Harrison looped in at the eleventh hour. "The trade was made and J-Kidd says he didn't know about it until the eleventh hour, I'll just say my understanding is he didn't exactly toss himself in front of the oncoming train to try to prevent it … [Read more...] about Jason Kidd Didn’t Try To Stop Mavericks From Trading Luka Doncic When He Learned Of Deal

The Dallas Mavericks are expected to have cost themselves nine figures in revenue over the next few seasons due to the Luka Doncic trade, sources tell ESPN's Tim MacMahon. Attendance has been down since the Doncic trade and so many fans canceled season tickets after the trade that the Mavericks offered limited refunds in attempts of generating some level of goodwill. The … [Read more...] about Mavericks Likely Cost Themselves Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars With Luka Doncic Trade