Frustration Mounts in Dallas as Mavs Front Office Refuse to Let Luka Doncic Quietly Fade Away Six months after the seismic Luka Doncic trade, Dallas Mavericks continue to struggle with their own PR st

Six months after the Mavericks shocked the league by sending Luka Doncic to the Lakers for Anthony Davis in a three-team blockbuster, the aftershocks are still being felt in Dallas. Fans protested outside American Airlines Center when the deal went down, furious that the team had traded away a 25-year-old MVP candidate for a 31-year-old with a history of injuries. General manager Nico Harrison defended the move by saying, “We think defense wins championships and we’re bringing in one of the best two-way players in the league”. Yet the reaction was swift and harsh, with analysts labeling it one of the most lopsided trades in NBA history. When a gaming company lit a billboard of Luka Doncic at the very same spot where the protests against Nico Harrison erupted, it spelled ‘trouble’ for the