General manager Nico Harrison drove the decision to trade Dončić to the Lakers. The fan who mouthed “Fire Nico” on the Jumbotron gets escorted out of the AAC pic.twitter.com/jodQPyw4OT

It's been more than a week since the stunning Luka Doncic trade, and things just appear to be getting worse and worse for the Dallas Mavericks. The centerpiece of their return for

It took less than one game for the critics to be proven exactly right about just how badly the Dallas Mavericks screwed up their trade of superstar point guard Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers as part of a three-team deal that saw Dallas land 32-year-old star forward Anthony Davis.

Mavericks big man Daniel Gafford had to be helped off the court Monday night in Dallas' 129-128 overtime loss to the Sacramento Kings after his right knee buckled while he tried to set a screen. Gafford crashed down to the court at the American Airlines Center and immediately reached for his knee.

The jaw-dropping Luka Doncic trade cemented the reality, if it wasn’t already clear, that Mark Cuban has no influence on the Mavericks’ basketball operations.