A report from The Athletic discussed the possible internal issues that led to Luka Dončić being traded by the Dallas Mavericks. Bobby breaks down how GM Nico Harrison's vision clashed with Luka’s approach, and why and why Patrick Dumont supported the move. The apparent nail in the coffin was when Luka skipped a road trip to rehab from his injury, which raised questions about his maturity & work ethic. This caused the Mavericks to make a decision that stunned the NBA.
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00:00in the process of it you start to understand a little bit more of
00:17the things that pushed nico harrison to or didn't push him the things nico harrison pushed for
00:24uh to move on from luka donchich and some of the fallout from that and gives us a better look
00:29at patrick dumont and how things have come together there for him uh when the dallas mavericks left
00:37for the longest road trip of their season in late january the team's franchise player wasn't with
00:40them luka donchich had suffered a calf strain in a game on christmas day and still wasn't right
00:45more than a month later the sliding mavericks wanted donchich to continue his rehabilitation
00:49around the team during their five game 10-day road trip but donchich preferred to stay home
00:55and work with his medical experts front office officials tried to communicate with donchich
00:59about a plan to get him back on the court but discussions between the two sides were spotty
01:03donchich believed he had suffered the calf strain by trying to come back from a previous injury too
01:07soon his group decided it didn't make sense for him to be with the team not only not only would
01:12plane rides invite a possible setback but he would also be able to maximize his workouts in dallas
01:17rather than going from city to city during the trip the decision frustrated team executives according
01:22to league sources and it wasn't the first time the superstar in the organization had clashed so
01:25one of the things they talk about here is this sort of thing that happened in the past and didn't
01:29matter because mark cuban always had his back and so disagreements were never really disagreements
01:35um but this basically became the final nail in the coffin for nico going i'm trading him
01:41just the fact that he that he didn't want to go on the road trips while he was rehabbing from an
01:46injury he thought it was more efficient to stay back in dallas to rehab it so how common is it to go on
01:51the road trips then i mean do we i don't know but if you have a strained calf i completely see why
01:55not wanting to jump on a plane every other day and wanting to just focus on rehab in one specific
02:00spot i could see how people think we'll get back faster if we do it this way rather than jumping
02:07around and doing all the different travel this seems like an even this is once more another thing
02:10that shows they're stupid they don't know what the hell they're doing over there
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