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[Brian in Mesa]

Dallas Mavericks lose nearly 1 million Instagram followers after trading Luka Dončić to Lakers

Dallas Mavericks lose nearly 1 million Instagram followers after trading Luka Dončić to Lakers

Mavericks fans are in shock after the team traded away Luka Dončić—and it’s not just the roster that’s changing. The team has lost nearly a million Instagram followers, and the reaction online and in Dallas is unlike anything we’ve seen in Mavs history.

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[elindholm]

OMG, not Instagram followers! How will the Mavericks cope?

 

[GatorAZ]

Sweater was a good idea to hide the bulk:
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[95pro]

Sweater was a good idea to hide the bulk:
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Bro probably went on a 48 hour sweat

 

[boisesuns]

OMG, not Instagram followers! How will the Mavericks cope?

Maybe they don’t like unibrows?

 

[Ronin]

Tomorrow is Luka Day on the local abc channel (WFAA). Oof

 

[1tinsoldier]

i read the Lakers encouraged Dallas to shop other teams for a Luka deal if they didn't like the offer.
why didn't they?
because Dallas was forced to deal with LA only, and LA knew it!

 

[sdscard4]

Sweater was a good idea to hide the bulk:
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He ain't fat. Cmon man
He will go out and light everyone up
Just like he did with the Mavs
This weight thing is ridiculous
He looks fine

 

[Phrazbit]

He ain't fat. Cmon man
He will go out and light everyone up
Just like he did with the Mavs
This weight thing is ridiculous
He looks fine

The Lakers GM looks like he is about to try and talk Wayne Campbell into caving to a corporate sponsor.

 

[Folster]

Dallas Mavericks lose nearly 1 million Instagram followers after trading Luka Dončić to Lakers

Dallas Mavericks lose nearly 1 million Instagram followers after trading Luka Dončić to Lakers

Mavericks fans are in shock after the team traded away Luka Dončić—and it’s not just the roster that’s changing. The team has lost nearly a million Instagram followers, and the reaction online and in Dallas is unlike anything we’ve seen in Mavs history.

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Slovenia has a population of 2.1 million.

 

[Germz249]

Slovenia has a population of 2.1 million.

I had this argument with family in Dallas when I said they took on fake fans. I am not saying this to the live eat and die hard Mav fans. There are true fans and people who jump on the train. People nowadays are just fan of players.

Some guy from Slovenia was trying to argue with me about how the Suns need to draft Luka.. No.. we had a scorer in Booker and was weak at the center position. Luka and Book wouldn't work. At the time it was a no brainer to go after Ayton. He wasn’t even a Suns fan on a Suns page. Just a Luka fan.

 

[Hoop Head]

I had this argument with family in Dallas when I said they took on fake fans. I am not saying this to the live eat and die hard Mav fans. There are true fans and people who jump on the train. People nowadays are just fan of players.

Some guy from Slovenia was trying to argue with me about how the Suns need to draft Luka.. No.. we had a scorer in Booker and was weak at the center position. Luka and Book wouldn't work. At the time it was a no brainer to go after Ayton. He wasn’t even a Suns fan on a Suns page. Just a Luka fan.

The Suns have had little spells of the bandwagon fans over the years. We were Canada's team when Nash was here in the 7SOL years but then when most diehard fans saw the beginning of the end with the Marion/Shaq trade we got hit with a bunch of ex-Laker fans who sided with Shaq after the Kobe divorce. There was one fan here who was obsessed with Shaq, verging on restraining order obsessed. We got some bandwagon fans after the bubble gave Suns fans hope for the first time in a decade but then CP3 came here. I'll never accept that dbag who counted hundred dollar bills to Giannis' FT clock as a legit Suns fan. It became a little trendy here though with the whole "The Valley" moniker giving the team an identity of sorts.

I couldn't imagine being a Dallas fan though, especially pre-Dirk. They weren't good then but they got inundated with European fans because of Dirk. Once they learned to accept each other and over an entire career from him here comes Luka and the Slavic fans. They were never going to be around for a long time as even the German Dirk fans would admit his defense was weak and he needed help inside. The only reason Luka isn't a multitime MVP and Champ though to the Slavic fans is the Mavs organization. Player worship gets bizarre and creates a disconnect from the game.

 

[elindholm]

I had this argument with family in Dallas when I said they took on fake fans. I am not saying this to the live eat and die hard Mav fans. There are true fans and people who jump on the train. People nowadays are just fan of players.

Some guy from Slovenia was trying to argue with me about how the Suns need to draft Luka.. No.. we had a scorer in Booker and was weak at the center position. Luka and Book wouldn't work. At the time it was a no brainer to go after Ayton. He wasn’t even a Suns fan on a Suns page. Just a Luka fan.

You should always take the best player available, especially with the #1 overall pick. The Suns screwed up. However, it was difficult to see that at the time. There were questions about Ayton's desire, but there were also questions about Doncic's ability to compete against elite competition night after night. The Suns chose wrong, but it was an understandable mistake.

 

[SirStefan32]

You should always take the best player available, especially with the #1 overall pick. The Suns screwed up. However, it was difficult to see that at the time. There were questions about Ayton's desire, but there were also questions about Doncic's ability to compete against elite competition night after night. The Suns chose wrong, but it was an understandable mistake.

I agree. I was a Luka fan, having watched him play, and I thought he'd develop into an NBA player. Even I thought that the ceiling he would eventually reach was lower than what he ended up doing in his rookie year. Passing on Luka and drafting Ayton was completely understandable. There was no way to know how good Luka was going to be.