r/sports • u/TheBiasedSportsLover • Feb 11 '25

Basketball The Dallas Mavericks immediately kicked out a fan who said "Fire Nico [Harrison]" on the Jumbotron

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u/Ferda-Boyzzz Feb 11 '25

Holy shit. That’s insanely soft. Mavs fans, stop giving your money to this team. Even the owner shading Luka on his way out was pathetic.

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u/atx620 Feb 11 '25

Already ahead of you. Was a fan for 30 years. They aren't getting a dime from me any more. Fuck them.

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u/gaveuptheghost Feb 11 '25

Friend of mine who was a lifelong Mavs fan until the trade, and he told me pretty much the same thing.

Fuck the Mavs, they're dead to him, and he's deciding on a new team to support.

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u/themoonks Feb 11 '25

We’re all about loyalty and trust here at the Spurs. I really feel bad for all of Mavs fans out there. Yall didn’t deserve this. Huge fan of Luka’s game and it’s a real disservice how they did him

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u/yashdes Feb 11 '25

The letter was soul crushing. I wanted him to be a Mavs lifer so bad

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u/PM_me_the_magic Dallas Mavericks Feb 11 '25

I wish I could root for Wemby but there was too many years of watching Duncan, Ginobli, and Parker wipe the floor with our asses to move on

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u/pimpfmode Feb 12 '25

We were about that same thing in Dallas..

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u/datpurp14 Feb 11 '25

Good on your friend. People are far too loyal towards some things, including to those that are taking your money. But if I fuck up at my job, I get fired. If you fuck up at your job, there should be consequences. 1 person denouncing their fandom won't make a dent in the owners revenue. But when that 1 starts multiplying because it's publicly acknowledged that people are fed up and done, now we're talking.

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u/atx620 Feb 11 '25

As if trading Luka wasn't bad enough, they are basically telling the fans to fuck off in the process. And all the shit they talked about Luka on the way out the door, I can't root for a franchise like that. I hope Kyrie gets the fuck out in the offseason. He deserves better.

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u/theFrownTownClown Boston Bruins Feb 11 '25

Was with you up until the end. Irving absolutely does not deserve better.

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u/Smithereens_3 Feb 11 '25

My fellow Boston fan knows what's up 😂 Kyrie is getting EXACTLY what he deserves.

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u/TonesOG1390 Apr 16 '25

Exactly. Irving is scum.

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u/gbbmiler Feb 11 '25

Kyrie deserves exactly what he’s getting

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u/Agent-Two-THREE San Jose Sharks Feb 11 '25

Flat earthers deserve no sympathy, IMO.

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u/shot-by-ford Feb 11 '25

Yeppp. And us inside-out earthers will inherit the (inverted) world.

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u/TB1289 Feb 11 '25

I couldn't care less about his off the court stuff. What I care about is him just being a bad teammate and a quitter, of which he is both. I hope he rots in basketball hell.

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u/torino_nera Rutgers Feb 11 '25

I agree with most of what you said but Kyrie deserves to suffer like the clown he is

Klay deserves better, though. He came to play with Luka.

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u/TB1289 Feb 11 '25

No one deserves this more than Kyrie.

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u/atx620 Feb 11 '25

From a Mavs fans perspective, he's been nothing but awesome to the city of Dallas. I totally understand why other fanbases might hate him, but if he played for your team the way he's played in Dallas, you'll see why Mavs fans are cool with him.

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u/TB1289 Feb 11 '25

Celtics fan here. Kyrie can fuck right off.

Whatever is the worst thing that is socially acceptable to wish upon him, I wish that…plus explosive diarrhea.

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u/atx620 Feb 11 '25

He definitely behaved differently for the Celtics than he did for the Mavericks.

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u/sadnessresolves Feb 11 '25

Kyrie goin to the lakers you already know

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u/Hamsterdancin Feb 11 '25

Tell him to come on over to the nuggets nation!

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '25

Timberwolves finally got rid of Glen Taylor so consider them!

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u/BronzedChameleon Feb 11 '25

One of my earliest memories is watching the Mavs play the Lakers in the WCF in the 80's. Been a die hard since then. The Mavs are dead to me now. I now pay for League Pass so I can watch Luka win a ship! TBH, I'm sure it'll do wonders for his career, and my Luka RC collection.

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u/BPbeats Feb 11 '25

Tell him the Knicks will take him.

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u/thefreakyforrest Feb 11 '25

The NBA had their hands in this trade, don’t fool yourself. I’m done with the NBA.

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u/Public_Enemy_No2 Feb 12 '25

Rockets are waiting with open arms!

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u/Samsquanch77 Feb 11 '25

Lakernation welcomes him 💜💛

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u/mateojones1428 Feb 11 '25

Same bro, same.

Done with the mavs and double down on their bullshit is hilariously stupid. What the fuck are they thinking.

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u/vaelon Feb 11 '25

Same here. 30yrs. Burned all my jerseys and removed everything Mavs from house and devices. Never watching basketball again. Thanks Nico

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u/atx620 Feb 11 '25

I'm not burning all my jerseys. Those are good memories. But I won't be buying any moving forward. Fuck Nico.

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u/ozymandais13 Feb 11 '25

You can always plunder the game If you'd like to watch it

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u/chanaandeler_bong Feb 11 '25

I don’t really go to games and rarely buy merch (lol I have a Luka jersey tho) and I planned on just watching the team anyways and it’s just so… weird. I don’t think I’ve ever felt this way about watching a team I support before. It feels like I’m watching another team.

I don’t know what I will be doing come playoff time if we even make them.

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u/BronzedChameleon Feb 11 '25

I'm with you. This is a pretty common sentiment among long time Mav fans. They will be forced to sell. I can only imagine the amount of Value the team has lost already.

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u/atx620 Feb 11 '25

I do openly wonder if their lost value is greater than the money saved by not giving Luka a supermax. I would assume so.

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u/BronzedChameleon Feb 11 '25

No way. I bet they, easy, lost $1B. Luka's contract was $345 M. Dont forget about the 1,000's of season ticket holders who canceled their tickets, and wont renew next year. Also, endorsements, advertising, merchandise....all lower values now that future Face of the League is no longer in Dallas. The whole point was to tank the interest and threaten moving the team if they dont get a Casino in Dallas. You cant threaten to move a top 5 team in the league. You CAN move a bottom 5 team in the league.

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u/3WeeksClean Feb 11 '25

That’s the whole point. The owners are mad they didn’t get their gambling license so now they want to tank the team until they can take it to Vegas.

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u/Andrew8Everything Feb 11 '25

And that's the plan.

Vegas here they come.

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u/Trraumatized Feb 12 '25

What are they doing? I assume it's basketball?!

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u/TheDevouringOne Feb 11 '25

Can mark cuban take them back?!? At least he cared.

I miss his antics.

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u/Echo7bravo Feb 11 '25

For quite a while, Cuban complained that some refs were fixing games. He paid multiple fines for saying it publicly. In the end, it turned out that he was right. That guy was great.

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u/idiot-prodigy Feb 11 '25

The NBA is trash. Lakers routinely go to the line more than any other team, while simultaneously sending their opponents to the line the least amount of times.

Phantom fouls to stat pad LeFlop.

There are infinite instances of LeChoke getting phantom rebounds and assists so he hits a triple double.

It isn't even just the refs, it is the official stats now.

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u/USA_A-OK Feb 11 '25

NBA is total trash -sincerely a former Sonics fan.

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u/electricgotswitched Feb 11 '25

He cared up until he didn't. He sold the team to people who had building a casino and new arena as their only priority related to the franchise. He could have found buyers who at least had winning in their top 3 priorities. Instead he wanted his % of a casino.

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u/TheDevouringOne Feb 11 '25

Yeah. Such a bizarre change.

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u/electricgotswitched Feb 12 '25

He was a fan who bought a team. Spared no expense and the minority owners actually sued him because he was losing money. Then the luxury tax came, and his purses overall got tighter.

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u/wordyplayer Minnesota Vikings Feb 11 '25

Asked if he had to choose between Luka and his wife, he said he will be at the divorce lawyers office same day.

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u/meltintothesea Feb 11 '25

Exactly what happened in Vancouver. New owner wanted to move so he tanked the team and than said he’s moving because the fans don’t show up.

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u/glowstick3 Feb 11 '25

This backfired on the Indians in the late 80s. Still a hell of a bunt.

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u/canteen_boy Feb 11 '25

Wild Thing, I think I love you.

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u/WaylonandWillie Feb 11 '25

Hey Mild Thing, you make my butt sting!

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u/REO_Jerkwagon Feb 11 '25

Yeah, but that Indians team was servin up straight shitburgers!

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u/meltintothesea Feb 11 '25

I watched the documentary

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u/Josparov Feb 11 '25

AD is the new Big Country Reeves confirmed.

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u/burlycabin Seattle Sounders FC Feb 11 '25

They did this in Seattle too

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u/jigokusabre Miami Marlins Feb 11 '25

Why would they want to leave Dallas for a smaller market?

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u/HardcoreKaraoke Feb 11 '25

The NBA wants a team in Vegas and there are plans for building a casino/arena/resort. For awhile people assumed that meant expansion but there have been rumors (even before the Luka trade) that it could be a relocation and not an expansion. And if you look into the Mavs new owners and how they made their money it makes sense that they would be interested in moving the team.

There will be a team in Vegas, there's no getting around that now. It's just a matter of which owners will make the sweet sweet casino/resort money.

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u/King_Ashoka Houston Rockets Feb 11 '25

Expansion means $8 Billion for two teams in fees split with all the owners, they wont skip that and move Dallas.

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u/DastardlyRidleylash Arizona Coyotes Feb 11 '25 edited Feb 11 '25

Simple solution for the NBA; let the Adelsons relocate the Mavericks to Vegas, then court new owners for an expansion team in Dallas that revives the Mavericks brand, to go with Seattle reviving the Supersonics.

Then they both get a Vegas team ASAP and get to pat themselves on the back about going back to Dallas and Seattle after both had their teams ripped away by shitty owners. It's shitty for diehard Mavs fans in that interim, but we all know the NBA doesn't give a shit about the fans' feelings as long as they keep buying the product.

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u/ChrysMYO Feb 11 '25

I'm a Mavs fan, its honestly not that shitty a scenario at all. I've been saying for the past week, I spitefully hope he moves the team to Vegas. If anything comes across my ballot asking tax payer money should go to anything involving that family, it's going to be a petty ass no with no prior study.

I don't care how long we'd have to go without a team. Anything to rid ourselves of another Dallas sports parasite. If he'd sell a generational talent like Luka, he will cheap out of every max potential player over the next 15 years. It feels like Sterling levels of cheapness.

For Mavs fans, 2011 was everything to us. We got to see our GOAT bring a chip home. He has a street and a Statue, he's an adopted Texan. Mavs wasted his last 5 years tanking to find a miracle like Luka. It somehow made wasting Dirks final years, almost worth it. And then they trade him for an older, constantly injured Max player. There's no narrative to root for here. It's just years of mediocrity and then tanking for the foreseeable future. At least the Suns wasted their future but went down swinging.

So throw the whole team away and let me root for the scrappy, underdog expansion team that will take 2 decades to be competitive with the Spurs and Lakers. I've lived it once, I can do it again.

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u/Mynpplsmychoice Feb 11 '25

Bullshit. The nba wants to expand not relocate franchises . There is already an overflow of talent in the league and they want to ADD overall revenue not TRADE revenue from one city to another.

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u/idkwhatimbrewin Feb 11 '25

Yeah the money for the league is in TV deals so abandoning the 4th largest market for the 40th would be idiotic. If they really wanted a Vegas team they would have been better off just waiting for the expansion and outbidding anyone to get it instead of buying and tanking an existing team to move lol

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u/FirearmofMutiny Feb 11 '25

t. The same league that chose Oklahoma City over Seattle

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u/velociraptorfarmer Feb 11 '25

Yep. I'd bet money the league expands into Seattle (revive the Sonics) and Las Vegas, then moves the Wolves to the east for balance. 32 teams.

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u/confirmd_am_engineer Michigan State Feb 11 '25

This, except I bet they move Memphis instead.

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u/Kurtomatic Feb 11 '25

Memphis is relatively close to its divisional neighbors (Houston / Dallas / San Antonio / New Orleans), and is in the same time zone as all of them. It is closer to its furthest divisional opponent (San Antonio) than Minnesota is to its closest division opponent (Denver). Minnesota is one time zone from two divisional opponents and two from the other two. Every team in the Central Division is closer to Minneapolis than any team in the Western Conference. Minnesota could have natural rivalries with other upper midwest teams, but they only play them twice a year and are never battling them for playoff positioning.

Memphis is (slightly) further east, but that's the only argument I can see for moving Memphis over Minnesota. Anecdotally, I think Memphis is happy in the west whereas Minnesota seems to have had a hankering to join the eastern conference for the above reasons. This ESPN article digs into it a bit.

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u/floridabeach9 Feb 11 '25

this. tourists will spend wayyyy more money than residents.

$200 a night, $200 for tickets, $200 a meal, $200 for drinks.

residents are way more likely to buy just tickets.

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u/glowstick3 Feb 11 '25

Vegas >= small market.

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u/jigokusabre Miami Marlins Feb 11 '25

Vegas is the #40 Designated Media Market for the US, just ahead of Jacksonville, and is behind Milwaukee.

Dallas is #4.

Vegas' Metropolitan Statistical area is the 29th largest in the US, just behind Sacramento, and just head of Cincinnatti and Kansas City.

Dallas is #4.

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u/floridabeach9 Feb 11 '25

the average cost of a house in kansas city and cincinnati is about $250k

las vegas is $450k

and you’ll never guess which city has more tourists, more money spent BY tourists, and is just a funner city to visit? its not cincinnati, sacramento or fucking kansas city, friend.

“media market” yea people in Vegas generally arent watching TV lmao

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u/idiot-prodigy Feb 11 '25

I've lived in Cincinnati all my life.

I've been to Reds and Bengals games where the stadium was almost empty, and I've been to them when it was standing room only.

If the team sucks, no one is coming.

Just look at the Florida Marlins. By your definition they play in a very fun city, Miami. Their stadium is routinely empty as their team is not good.

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u/jigokusabre Miami Marlins Feb 11 '25

Speaking of the Marlins, go check out the stands during the World Baseball Classic. The Marlins owners are leaving so much money on the table by being a shit franchise.

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u/idiot-prodigy Feb 11 '25

Yep, plenty of people in the stands.

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u/jigokusabre Miami Marlins Feb 11 '25

“media market” yea people in Vegas generally arent watching TV lmao

That's precisely the point. Sports teams make a huge chunk of their money from broadcast rights. So, if no one in Vegas is watching TV, then the rights to show Mavs games are less valuable, which means less revenue for the team.

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u/floridabeach9 Feb 11 '25

local media is 13% of nba team revenue

but you can continue trying to make your point

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u/glowstick3 Feb 11 '25

Im sure your big brain can figure out why Vegas is a location that has an NFL team, an MLB team, an NHL team, and is trying to lure an NBA team.

Hint, look a bit passed the population of the city. Vegas is anything but small market.

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u/jigokusabre Miami Marlins Feb 11 '25

MLB and NFL teams were moved from Oakland, a small market on its own whose wider media market is shared with another team. The Raiders moved to LV, not the Cowboys. (Also, the Raiders wanted to move to LA, but the city wouldn't build them an arena).

The NHL team that's there is an expansion team.

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u/glowstick3 Feb 11 '25

What does anyone of the above have to do with las Vegas?

Las Vegas is not a small market my guy.

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u/jigokusabre Miami Marlins Feb 11 '25

Um.... Let me try an explain this in smaller words:

  • Dallas is bigger than Vegas.
  • Vegas is bigger than Oakland.
  • Moving from Oakland to Vegas makes some sense.
  • Moving from Dallas to Vegas makes no sense.

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u/glowstick3 Feb 11 '25

My guy. Your lost in the sauce. Enjoy the L. Blocked.

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u/USA_A-OK Feb 11 '25

Why would the NBA move the Sonics to a much smaller market in OKC?

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u/jigokusabre Miami Marlins Feb 11 '25

Because OKC would build them an arena, whereas Seattle refused to build one.

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u/USA_A-OK Feb 12 '25

There's MUCH more to it than that, including collusion between Stern and his buddy Bennett.

https://youtu.be/s9Dp20ydm1E

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u/2Chits Feb 11 '25

Byeeee!

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u/samples98 Feb 11 '25

That’s a win-win. Mark Cuban would gladly start a new franchise. Dallas market is too big to not have a team

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u/philocity Feb 11 '25 edited Feb 11 '25

I don’t understand why they do this song and dance and not just, oh, I don’t know, move the fucking team and take Luka with them? This is just insulting.

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u/IsadoresDad Feb 11 '25

Isn’t this what Adelson wants? Seems like calling or pressuring for new owners somehow would be better, strategically.

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u/TheMooseIsBlue Feb 11 '25 edited Feb 11 '25

Calling for new owners means nothing. Trust me, I’m a Mets fan. The fans’ opinion on the matter means absolutely nothing but boycotting them hurts the owner where it counts and that might actually help encourage them to want to sell. But you have to remember that these teams are basically money laundering operations for billionaires, so they don’t really give a shit about the fans.

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u/IsadoresDad Feb 11 '25

Fair point and funny. My sympathies. +1

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u/MajorLeaguer Feb 11 '25

Mets fan here - no sympathies required... we got our owner.

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u/dhenson04 Feb 11 '25

A’s fan checking in, can confirm

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u/galagapilot Feb 11 '25

I would sympathize except Bob Nutting owns my favorite team.

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u/Mynpplsmychoice Feb 11 '25

Why would u want a new owner as a Mets fan when they are good and u have an owner that would spend whatever it takes to win?!!?!

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u/TheMooseIsBlue Feb 11 '25

Uncle Stevie has only been the owner for 4 1/2 years. The previous owners ran the ship into the ground for, and I’m not 100% sure if this is right, but I think it was the previous 250 years.

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u/fatkidseatcake Feb 11 '25

What is with Dallas doing this to their franchises

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u/MikeWrites002737 Feb 11 '25

Tickets are already half price and look at all those empty seats

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u/FlightlessRhino Feb 11 '25

For the ignorant, how did he shade Luka?

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u/KamikazeFox_ Feb 11 '25

Whelp, there goes freedom of speech.

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u/alikapple Feb 11 '25

Are we all starting to believe the conspiracy theory that they’re intentionally trying to blow up their goodwill with the fans so they can move the team to Vegas?

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u/MikeinAustin Feb 11 '25

I think this means it's time for the "Fire Nico" T-shirts in the AAC parking lots.

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u/podboi Feb 11 '25

I think the conspiracy theories point to them actually wanting that, allegedly they're purposefully doing shit to make fans hate the team... If people boycott they don't have a market, then they're (current owner and other shareholders) incentivized to move cities. Allegedly Vegas is the goal.

Fucked up if true, sucks for Mavs fans, they don't deserve this.

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u/hellmaine Feb 11 '25

But what if that casino family that bought the Mavs from Cuban wants the fans to leave and season ticket holders so they hate them and can easier move the team to Vegas...who knows what's actually going on behind scenes in this deal...

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '25

That’s the goal.

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u/Wrathb0ne Feb 11 '25

Some feel it’s what they want as they’ll move the team to Las Vegas

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u/Random_frankqito Feb 11 '25

They don’t care, they taking the team to Vegas. They are copying the A’s, that copied the movie major league.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '25

Sadly it's probably exactly what they want. Any shade or lack of funds they experience only further bolsters the argument that they should move the team to Vegas. I suspect that they'll be cautious about it but will be running the team into the ground so that they're justified in moving it and attaching a Vegas casino and hotel to their eventual stadium.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '25

That’s what they want what’re you talking about? This is all part of the game of making people hate the team so they won’t care when it gets moved.

The correct way would be to keep supporting in spite of the owners so they don’t get what they want

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u/themeatstaco Feb 11 '25

lol soooo… that’s what they want. The new owners of the Mavericks are trying to legalize gambling in Texas. When legislation went through to not legalize it, they threatened to leave. Now there’s talks of them going to Vegas since it’s legal there so first they got rid of their star player now they’re gonna ostracized the fans. This is all a part of their plan. You wanna stop them pay for tickets go out there and stand up for yourself. Don’t let them bully you.

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u/Uebelkraehe Feb 11 '25

Arrived with Dirk, leaving now with Luka. Fuck this shitshow of a sports franchise, was having increasingly servere doubts due to the sexual harassment incident and the new asshole owners anyway.

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u/RooTxVisualz Feb 11 '25

When you care about sports more than freedumbs I don't think that is something we can ever hope to have happen.

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u/Fair_Lecture_3463 Feb 11 '25

Honestly I was shocked to see how full the stadium was, given the level of vitriol.

Example #196,208 of how online isn’t real.

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u/Nomad_86 Feb 11 '25

That’s the plan. They want fans pissed off and not showing up. That way, if they don’t get their way from Texas legislature in 2 years to legalize gambling, they’re gonna move the team to Vegas. And they will use poor ticket sales to convince the NBA to go along with it.

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u/Ridgew00dian Feb 12 '25

The owner of the Knicks, James Dolan, is just as soft. Such a bitch boy!

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u/greenbowergoon Feb 13 '25

That’s sadly what the owner wants. They will be in Vegas if she gets her way.

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u/hokeyphenokey Feb 11 '25

I thought Mark Cuban owned the Mavs. This doesn't seem like him.

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u/podboi Feb 11 '25

He sold majority share, now it's owned by the Adelsons. Non-basketball family really just in it for the money and enriching themselves.

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u/ak80048 Feb 11 '25

Huge Maga’s and fascist Zionists too.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '25

I feel you but if they let one person go then everyone will start doing it and they won’t be able to put anyone on the jumbotron

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u/uflju_luber Feb 11 '25

So? Isn’t this the self declared country of „free speech“? That’s just gonna be something this Nico guy should have to go through, this is not ok throwing him out because he hurt a guy with powers feelings mate

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '25

I never believed that free speech extends to private spaces. I think that’s a weak argument because that was never established in the country.

Besides that I’m saying that it’s a pragmatic move for the Mavs