Jay Benjamin @JayBenjamin3 - Twitter Profile

12 months ago

On Juneteenth, we celebrate freedom and recommit ourselves to the work that remains undone. We remember that even in the darkest hours, there is cause to hope for tomorrow’s light.

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Ryan Clark

@Realrclark25

about 1 year ago

“I just wish i could be normal again” ❤️

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HeroOfTheDay

@Hero_OfThe_Day

over 1 year ago

The league said that this video by the Dallas Mavericks, is the most-viewed video EVER across NBA social media platforms. It is hard to believe that this was just last season. - DJJ gone - Luka Doncic gone Only Kyrie Irving remains.

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All Things Mavs | Jimmy C Hoops

@All_Things_Mavs

over 1 year ago

This is gonna be my only emotional farewell + thank you post about Luka. I genuinely can’t believe he’s getting traded. There isn’t any trade package that could have convinced me trading Luka Doncic was a good idea. I fully bought into Luka as the next Dirk Nowitzki; while I knew nobody could ever replace Dirk for me personally, I was 100% sold that this dude was gonna go down as one of the greatest of all time, and he just so happen to play for MY favorite team. Right when he got to Dallas, I was ready for him and Dennis Smith Jr. to be together forever. Then DSJ got traded for Porzingis, and I was sold that he and Luka would bring Dallas a title. Then Porzingis got moved, and I fully trusted that Luka Doncic would carry the team himself, which he almost did in 2022. Then Jalen Brunson left for New York, and I thought everything would be fine bc Luka was still a Maverick. Then the Kyrie trade happened, and I knew he and Luka would do insane things; which they did when they made it to the NBA Finals. That Finals run was the most fun I’ve had as a Mavs fan since 2011, and it’s mostly thanks to Luka Doncic. And they capitalized by putting a nearly perfect team together this season that just can’t stay healthy sadly. I’ve defended him against every troll and opposing fan out there for anything negative they’ve ever said, because on the court, he’s the most talented player I’ve ever seen wear a Dallas Maverick jersey. He bought into Dallas. He bought into being a full-on Texan and it was awesome. I literally got to watch this mysterious Slovenian kid move to a new country, grow up and dominate the league. And now he’s being traded. I don’t care if his conditioning was bad; he is still top-3 every season. I don’t care if his defense was meh; his offense was the best in the league. I don’t care about any of it because THE FRANCHISE I LOVE has propped him up since the day he was drafted as the next GOAT, and I was all here for it and was ride or die with him until the wheels fell off. If we never won a single title with Luka, I would have been sad, but I NEVER would have blamed Luka. He’s the reason we were even CLOSE. I know Luka Doncic will never read this, but man I’m so so sorry it happened like this. I know you’re probably gonna love LA, but I know you loved Dallas and started your family here and gave literal blood, sweat & tears for this team. And you got shipped off without warning. That sucks and all the true fans know it sucks. I was a Mavs fan before Luka Doncic got here, and I’ll be a Mavs fan long after, but this trade is the closest I’ve ever been to questioning what it means to be a fan. When you feel betrayed by the team that you give a lot of energy to, you start to realize that team doesn’t care about you. The million/billionaires up top don’t care about you. And that really sucks. All of this feels like a slap in the face, but something even less personal than that, because at least a slap would have to happen face-to-face, and this all happened “in the shadows.” Go crush it Luka. Go Mavs.