The shock wave of the transfer of Luka Donic Towards the Lakers has still not finished producing its effects. And after the GM Nico Harrison, it was Patrick Dumont, the executive owner of the club, who had to go up to the niche to defend the exchange … by scanning in particular the idea that the “trade” aims to have the franchise.
“We have bought the Dallas Mavericks, we keep them in Dallas” he assures. “We are attached to Dallas and our fans as Dallas Mavericks, and that's where the team will remain. It is not questioned ”.
The theory thus seems quite eccentric: the Adelson family, which notably made a fortune in the casinos of Las Vegas and bought the Mavericks to Mark Cuban, would like to build the new club room in a casino. Except that the laws of Texas in the field are restrictive. Some have therefore imagined That the departure of Luka Doncic would be a lever, in order to torpedo the franchise to put pressure on local policies …
“The Dallas Mavericks are the team we bought. We had the opportunity to buy other teams in the past, but Dallas was the city in which we wanted to be, and that's where the club will be ”
“I don't know where it comes from” thus replies Patrick Dumont on this theory. “I appreciate people asking the question. Our family actually lives in Las Vegas, but we have investments around the world. The Dallas Mavericks are the team we bought. We had the opportunity to buy other teams in the past, but Dallas was the city in which we wanted to be, and that's where the club will be. »»
Except that if some people begin to imagine conspiracy theories, it is first of all because the exchange seems inexplicable for local fans, and they are looking for other explanations.
But for the owner, there is no need for that to find meaning in the transfer of Luka Doncic.
“If you think of all the great players of the League, those with whom we all grew up, the Jordan, Bird, Kobe, Shaq, they all worked very, very hard every day, in order to win” Continue Patrick Dumont, obviously forgetting that Shaquille O'Neal was not really a work model. “If you don't do it, it doesn't work. And if you don't, you can't be part of the Dallas Mavericks. This is not what we are. I am inflexible on this point. The whole organization knows it. This is how I work outside basketball. This is the only way to be competitive and win. If you want to take a vacation, do it elsewhere ”.
Luka Donnteic, who nevertheless won everything in Europe with Real Madrid but also Slovenia, before taking the Mavericks to the finals a few months ago, would not really be a hard worker? This is more or less already what GM Nico Harrison had implied to justify the transfer of the Slovenian to the Lakers.
“There are a lot of things that come into play when deciding on the composition of the team. Culture is very important. This is what we are focusing on ” Concludes Patrick Dumont.
| Shots | Rebound | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | Lf | Off | Def | Early | PD | COP | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Luka Donic | 22 | 35.7 | 46.4 | 35.4 | 76.7 | 0.7 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 28.1 |
| Anthony Davis | 1 | 31.0 | 55.6 | 100.0 | 66.7 | 4.0 | 12.0 | 16.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 26.0 |
| Kyrie Irving | 42 | 36.3 | 47.5 | 40.7 | 90.1 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 24.1 |
| Max Christie | 3 | 31.4 | 51.6 | 66.7 | 76.5 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 17.7 |
| PJ Washington | 43 | 32.5 | 43.7 | 37.8 | 75.7 | 1.6 | 6.6 | 8.2 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 14.2 |
| Klay Thompson | 46 | 27.2 | 41.9 | 39.0 | 90.2 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 13.7 |
| Daniel Gafford | 50 | 22.1 | 69.7 | 0.0 | 69.9 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 6.9 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 12.5 |
| Naji Marshall | 40 | 24.5 | 50.6 | 31.0 | 86.2 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 11.3 |
| Spencer Dinwiddie | 51 | 25.0 | 41.4 | 35.1 | 84.7 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 10.3 |
| Quentin Grimes | 47 | 22.8 | 46.3 | 39.8 | 76.5 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 10.2 |
| Dante Exum | 5 | 19.1 | 48.6 | 38.5 | 75.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 10.0 |
| Dereck Lively II | 32 | 24.0 | 70.1 | 0.0 | 63.8 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 7.8 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 9.1 |
| Jaden Hardy | 39 | 15.6 | 43.0 | 38.6 | 74.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 8.4 |
| Kylor Kelley | 4 | 13.6 | 77.8 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| Olivier-Maxence Prosper | 42 | 9.6 | 39.5 | 22.0 | 62.5 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 3.4 |
| Maxi Kleber | 34 | 18.7 | 38.5 | 26.5 | 76.2 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 3.0 |
| Brandon Williams | 17 | 7.1 | 40.0 | 33.3 | 76.9 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.8 |
| Markieff Morris | 7 | 5.8 | 22.7 | 15.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| Jazian Gortman | 16 | 3.5 | 39.1 | 36.4 | 50.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| Dwight Powell | 33 | 7.6 | 77.8 | 100.0 | 66.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| Kessler Edwards | 23 | 8.4 | 35.5 | 23.5 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
