Luka Doncic welcomed all his bosses with the Dallas Mavericks to his home country of Slovenia to watch the young superstar sign the richest contract in club history. “I’m proud of Luka,” owner Mark Cuban said Tuesday as he sat next to his point guard during a news conference in Doncic's hometown, the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana. “I still kind …
DALLAS — New Mavericks coach Jason Kidd and general manager Nico Harrison were introduced Thursday by their new boss, who called it “a new chapter” for a franchise that had not changed GMs under his 21-year ownership and has not won a playoff series since winning the 2011 NBA championship. “I guess it’s ‘Hello, Dallas,’ again,” Kidd said. “The city, …
DALLAS — Mark Cuban is suddenly without a coach and general manager after the Dallas Mavericks were one of the models of stability in the NBA for more than a decade. The owner’s next moves figure to be all about superstar Luka Doncic following coach Rick Carlisle’s decision to quit a day after the club announced the departure of longtime …
Mark Cuban’s interests all trend vaguely futuristic. But even as Doncic makes it possible to dream of immeasurable heights in the coming decade, it’s not lost on the Mavericks owner that the 22-year-old also is a superstar in the here and now, and needs a team around him that reflects as much. How has Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis’ relationship …
