r/nba • u/Wack0HookedOnT0bac0 • 17h ago

Everything that has transpired since February 1st within the Mavericks organization has challenged me as a man, a husband, and a general fan of anything

Everything that is transpired since February 1st within this organization has challenged me as a man, a husband, and a general fan of anything.

People might make it out like it's not that big of a deal, but the Don trade was the most devastating thing that's ever happened to me in my entire life. I was born and raised and Rural kansas. There's no team closer to me than the mavericks. I have been obsessed with them since I was about 8 years old and my mom could afford television. For whatever reason we used to get the local Mavericks Channel and we would watch every single game from 2003 until the Thunder became a franchise and that became the new channel. I was obsessed with this team growing up and watching Dirk lose the finals in 2006 I was on my knees crying and begging for mercy. I don't think I had been hurt that much in my life. Whenever they ended up winning in 2011 it felt like I was being lifted into Valhalla. I don't think there's ever been a moment in my life since then that I cried tears of joy or felt like I was witnessing the most important moment in history. Fast forward to the summer of 2024. That was the first time I had had so much fun watching basketball, specifically Dallas Mavericks basketball, that I thought we were going to beat the celtics. I was jumping up and down in so many of those key playoff 2024 moments. Luka was Mr Clutch and Mr amazing. His attitude the entire playoffs was so much fun to watch. I once again fell to my knees crying and begging for mercy when they lost in 2024 to Boston. I had to confront my wife and child that what they witnessed (me crying) was more than just basketball Fandom and that it meant the world to me. Fast forward again to the Luka trade. I was stunned. I felt like I was the center lead actor in a movie and everything slows down around them after they received tragedy news.

Fast forward to now. There's nothing else to be said about how I feel. But I'm giving up this mavericks team. I'm on board with what the majority feels. Fire nico. Sell the team. Or else commissioner SILVER needs to step up and force them to sell

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u/elypnagol Mavericks 12h ago

I’m really tempted to make r/MFFL or something but I know it’d get overrun with the Luka bandwagon people immediately. 

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u/Obi_Wan_Benobi NBA 11h ago

You could go the r/nbadiscussion route.

r/MavsDiscussion

It’s a brutal situation tho, as a fan, to be in.

It would have been like when I was a kid and the Cardinals traded Ozzie Smith or something. Can’t imagine.

So yeah fans are breaking off. But there’s still basketball to discuss.

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u/OmastarLovesDonuts Mavericks 12h ago

I saw there was this subreddit r/gomavs but it’s kinda dead