something that makes the luka trade extra difficult for mavericks fans to process is that in order for the mavs to "win" the trade, luka has to fail. how can mavs fans possibly root for that scenario after putting their heart and soul into this guy for almost seven years.
they had Dirk for 20 years and got Luka the SEASON HE RETIRED what a setup for a career, just nuked.
like outside of the actual basketball stuff from a “sports are about storylines” perspective this is a betrayal you only hear about in ancient texts