Luka Doncic was gone long before he was traded in February

Tim MacMahon published a piece on ESPN Wednesday morning highlighting the power struggle between former Mavericks majority owner Mark Cuban and recently-fired general manager Nico Harrison. In the nearly 4000 words MacMahon wrote, there are examples of deception and pettiness by both parties, and he paints a picture that makes your stomach turn thinking about what was going on behind the scenes for nearly two years. Cuban was illustrated as the guy who wanted a seat at the table he just auctioned off, and Harrison was described as irritated and cold towards Cuban for undermining the job he was hired to do. There was a dynamic between the two Mavericks decision makers that was never going to work. And when Patrick Dumont obtained the final say from Cuban in December of 2023, Doncic’s securi