In a recent appearance with WFAA, the local ABC affiliate for Dallas, Mark Cuban discussed the Dallas Mavericks trading away Luka Doncic. When asked if he was upset by the trade, Cuban didn’t hold back in his thoughts on the deal.
“Of course. And like I’ve said before, if the Mavs were going to trade Luka, that’s one thing-but get a better deal,” Cuban said. “No disrespect to Anthony Davis, but I firmly believe if we had gotten four unprotected first-round picks, Anthony Davis, and Max Christie, this would be a different conversation.”
Cuban also said that he often finds out about Mavericks basketball decisions after the fact. He said with the Doncic trade that he found out about five minutes before the news was broken by ESPN’s Shams Charania.
When asked if has any regrets about selling the team, Cuban made it clear he sold the Mavericks to avoid a situation like the Doncic trade.
“Sometimes I get mad and think, ‘I would have done this differently,’ but no, not really,” Cuban said. “I sold the team because I didn’t want my kids to end up in this position. Imagine if I hadn’t sold and my kids had taken over, and they made a mistake like this.”