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Don Nelson on Mavs trading away Luka Doncic: ‘My philosophy was to always honor the great players, not trade them away’

June 9, 2025 by Hoops Hype

Scott Agness: Don Nelson shares that he’s wearing Luka shoes for this special moment “in protest of the trade.” He said the Mavs made a tremendous mistake. “My philosophy was to always honor the great players – not trade them away.”
Source: x.com

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Marc J. Spears @MarcJSpears
My favorite Don Nelson quote.
Why have you been coaching so long?
“Cold hard cash, baby,” the then-Warriors coach said. – 9:07 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Don Nelson definitely looking like Maui 😄😄😄😄 – 9:06 PM
Scott Agness @ScottAgness
Don Nelson shares that he’s wearing Luka shoes for this special moment “in protest of the trade.”
He said the Mavs made a tremendous mistake. “My philosophy was to always honor the great players – not trade them away.” pic.x.com/IKDLfGsPHO – 7:23 PM

Tim MacMahon @espn_macmahon
Chuck Daly Award winner Don Nelson makes a point to mention that he’s wearing Luka 4s as a form of protest of the trade that shipped Luka Doncic to the Lakers.
“I think it was a tremendous mistake for the Dallas franchise to trade him — and I want everybody to know that.” – 7:20 PM
David Aldridge @davidaldridgedc
Don Nelson says he’s wearing Luka Dončić’s shoes in protest of his old team, the Mavericks, trading him to the Lakers. Calls it “a tremendous mistake.” – 7:20 PM
Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
Don Nelson says he’s wearing Luka Doncic’s shoes tonight, and that it was a “tremendous mistake” for the Mavericks to have traded him away from the franchise. – 7:18 PM
Sam Amick @sam_amick
Congrats to Don Nelson, the 2025 recipient of the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award (as announced by the @NBA_Coaches).
* Second all-time in wins in 31 seasons (1,335-1,063 record)
* Per @TheSteinLine, “Nellie” is wearing signature Luka shoes tonight to protest the – 1:23 PM
Marc J. Spears @MarcJSpears
Former NBA head coach Don Nelson has been named the recipient of the 2025 Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Basketball Coaches Association announced. In 31 NBA seasons as a head coach, “Nellie” recorded 1,335 regular season wins and ranks second all-time. – 1:10 PM
Scott Agness @ScottAgness
Don Nelson is the recipient of the 2025 Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award. He will be honored tonight at Game 2.
Rick Carlisle, president of the coaches association: “History has already reflected Don Nelson’s staggering contributions as a cutting-edge innovator and – 1:02 PM
Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
Don Nelson protested the Doncic trade during the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award 2025 ceremony, according to @TheSteinLine
“He’s yours for a lifetime. You don’t get rid of great players. When that happened, I was pretty disappointed”
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/18… – 10:18 AM
Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
Don Nelson to protest Luka Doncic trade during Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award 2025 ceremony
“When you’ve got a great player, he’s yours for a lifetime. You don’t get rid of great players. When that happened, I was pretty disappointed”
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/18… – 9:42 AM
Marc Stein @TheSteinLine
Sources: Don Nelson to be named Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award winner by National Basketball Coaches Association.
Full story via @TheSteinLine: tinyurl.com/vxernyjx pic.x.com/h2bF0g40fm – 9:04 AM

Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Report: New York to ask Dallas for permission to talk to Jason Kidd about becoming head coach
After the ownership change and trade of Luka Doncic, would Jason Kidd be open to leaving Dallas?
nbcsports.com/nba/news/repor… – 1:34 PM

More on this storyline

Tim Bontemps: Nelson says his philosophy, straight from Red Auerbach, is that you “always honor the great players” and that you build around them and make them, and the team, the best you can be, rather than trade them away. -via x.com / June 8, 2025
Luka Doncic: The reason I said it’s easier to score in the NBA is because it’s just different rules. You have a lot more spacing, you have more minutes. It’s eight more minutes, anything can happen in eight minutes. So it’s just because of that. In Europe if you get a big guy, for example like Edy Tavares, he plays in Madrid. He’s just standing in the paint and he can stand in the paint and he’s [7’3″], it’s hard to score on that. It’s impossible. Here, you can’t do that because it’s a three-second violation. -via Lakers Nation / June 8, 2025
Ishaan Bhattacharya: Gary Payton shares his take on Luka Doncic and his defensive evolution, “You have to be dedicated to playing defense. Maybe it’s not good for him; he’s a scorer. If he puts his mind to it… It’s a mindset to play defense… I don’t think Luka is a defensive player; he’s a scorer. But now. If he wants to, yes. But does he want to do it? That’s up to him, not up to us. He’s an athlete. He’s got great ability, but now does he want to go change it and prove people wrong that he can play defense? If that was me, I would change that. I’ll go out there and try to defend somebody, get in shape, and do the things I gotta do.” -via x.com / June 5, 2025

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