Disrespect: two of the most talented key players of the Dallas Mavericks exchanged worlds in a team meeting. Why the owner and head coach’s suspended them in two mouths
Take aim at the Dallas Mavericks’ owner if you want to assign blame for the team’s nearly historic trash season. Mark Cuban knows that Luka Doncic is watching all of this and has no intention of firing Jason Kidd or cutting Kyrie Irving.
The Mavericks’ owner spoke with the media prior to their Wednesday night game at the American Airlines Center against the Sacramento Kings.
Cubans talked about everything but climate change. When guard Jalen Brunson left for the New York Knicks in free agency last summer, he didn’t hold himself responsible. That’s Rick, Brunson’s father.
The remainder? The truth is that Cuban is one of the NBA’s least involved owners, and this team’s personnel decisions cannot be made without his approval.
Cubans acquired the Mavs in order to manage the Mavs, much like Jerry Jones did with the Dallas Cowboys. He holds the head coach not responsible. “I don’t think our lack of identity is Kidd’s fault,” Cuban remarked. “I blew it because the game changed in ways we weren’t prepared for. The game altered in terms of taking fouls and game speed, so it was my fault directly.
choosing to rest five of its main players—Kyrie Irving, Josh Green, Tim Hardaway Jr., Christian Wood, and Maxi Kleber—against the Chicago Bulls in an attempt to secure a spot in the NBA Play-in Tournament. Mavericks coach Jason Kidd made it clear following the game that the team was trying to tank in order to increase its chances of winning the draft lottery.
The Mavericks organization was involved in “conduct detrimental to the league in an elimination game against the Chicago Bulls,” the NBA declared after it launched an investigation. Many people conjectured that the team’s first-round pick was in danger as a result of this infraction of the NBA’s resting policy. But the league has only fined the Mavericks $750,000 USD in total, which is insignificant for multibillionaire Mark
