Apart from last season, Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks have struggled to be serious contenders in the Western Conference. The Slovenian guard is an incredible player who has shown he can lead this team to win, but without the right help, things get very difficult for him.
Following a magical 2021-22 NBA season where they reached the Western Conference Finals and were eliminated by the eventual champions Golden State Warriors in five games, many people thought they would come back this season and be even better.
Jalen Brunson left, and the Mavs didn’t add somebody that could make a real impact on the team, leaving Luka on his own, even though some of his teammates, like Christian Wood or Tim Hardaway Jr. step up every now and then to help the Slovenian.
Luka Doncic Stars In Tense Incident With Mavericks Teammate And Mark Cuban
Many fans have criticized the Mavericks for not bringing help for Luka, and the player has never complained about it, but with the recent results and the way Luka has acted when his teammates make mistakes, it’s starting to look like he wants to see some changes happening.
More recently, Luka was recorded in a curious situation, refusing to shake Dwight Powell’s hand and seemingly giving the death stare to the team’s owner Mark Cuban, who was sitting courtside when Luka spotted him.
https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1603450602570366999
NBA fans reacted to this, claiming that Luka is tired of the situation happening in Dallas, with some even comparing him to the LeBron James of the 2000s, who had to do all the work by himself to make the Cleveland Cavaliers a competitive team.
Luka is done in dallas i think.. Bad coaching…
— Anthony (@dhoopydhoop) December 15, 2022
If u see how the team played last night you’d understand
— Jay ♥️ (@jmthagoat) December 15, 2022
he’s staring down cuban & i don’t blame him
— honest philly fan (@honestphilyfan) December 15, 2022
I’m giving it one more season before he request a trade
— oz0kuma (@0z0Kuma) December 15, 2022
https://twitter.com/hoosierplank/status/1603452684132093952
I bet he doesn’t get the slander Westbrook got for not getting in the group huddle before the game
— Professional (@KingSxlife) December 15, 2022
https://twitter.com/si90139665/status/1603456299945041920
thats the wrong emoji
— JM (@aiedaMJ) December 15, 2022
Need him to take his talents to south beach
— gc1k (@_gc1k) December 15, 2022
Get this man some help @mcuban
— Steve (@Stee_Stee_) December 15, 2022
Listen, I like Luka and yes he be carrying tf out of his team but he gets away with a lot of stuff in the media. Let this same video happen to Ja, Dame, or Embiid and it would be 24hour news coverage but because it’s Luka we just gonna ignore it
— ❌ (@XcpJ9) December 15, 2022
I’d leave him hanging too, Tristan Thompson level bad
— Follow HeavenlyBuckets (@Heavenlybuckets) December 15, 2022
You cropped out the Mark Cuban stare down… not cool @BleacherReport
— No Ordinary Rookie (@GD_MAV_77) December 15, 2022
About damm time he tired of our scrubs
— Nano (@nano2169) December 15, 2022
Damn this is unacceptable. This man should be traded to the Lakers for Westbrook who is a REAL teammate…
— Certified Hater (@dsramos0) December 15, 2022
he was looking at mark cuban bruh no way you cut that out 😭😭😭
— 🛰️ (@KT_3410) December 15, 2022
Luka is really going through what LeBron went through his first years in Cleveland
— Ravens and Lakers fan (@Kevohoop) December 15, 2022
Staring down mark Cuban pic.twitter.com/mgSnljTD1F
— Kamali smith (@kamali_smith) December 15, 2022
https://twitter.com/suburbangolfdad/status/1603458712638742528
Show him staring Cuban pic.twitter.com/mPbvCwHZIf
— Alejandro Torres (@Alejandro_t9) December 15, 2022
FREE LUKA.
— Xhabo-Xylic Acid (@44XhaboUTD) December 15, 2022
One hopes that Luka and the Mavs can figure things out and come up with a resolution to this. They looked really great last season and even took out the No. 1 seed in the West. Now, things look completely different, and it will take more than just Luka to make this team a championship-caliber squad.
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