THE Dallas Mavericks are paying tribute to Luka Doncic when he returns to the town.

Luka Doncic is enjoying his first recreation in Dallas after being traded away on Wednesday.

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The Dallas Mavericks shockingly traded Doncic away to the Los Angeles Lakers earlier than this yr’s commerce deadline.

Anthony Davis went again to the Mavericks in return for Doncic’s companies.

It was an absolute head scratcher of a commerce that left Dallas followers extraordinarily upset.

Nevertheless, the group has continued to face behind their resolution.

Now, with Doncic returning to the town for the primary time as an opposing participant, the group is paying tribute to their former franchise participant.

Forward of the sport, each seat in American Airways Middle is draped with a particular T shirt.

Every shirt is adorned with the phrase “Hvala za vse.”

When translated to English, the shirt says “Thanks for every part.”

It’s a form gesture from the group to point out how a lot Doncic meant to them throughout his six plus years with the group.

Nevertheless, followers aren’t as proud of the choice and shared their anger on social media.

“They actually offered our candy prince for scraps,” one fan stated.

“Such a tone-deaf franchise,” one other fan stated.

“They don’t need television to point out everybody sporting Lakers colours,” a 3rd fan stated.

“Mavs followers ought to present up in Luka Lakers jerseys,” a fourth fan stated.

New rights deal

The NBA signed an 11-year cope with three networks for the league’s rights from the 2025-26 season.

And there will probably be no video games on TNT for the primary time for the reason that community launched in 1988.

The Walt Disney Firm will proceed to point out the league with 80 regular-season video games throughout ESPN and ABC.

They may also present round 18 playoff video games from the primary and second spherical, a Convention Finals sequence for 10 of the 11 years, and stay the house of the NBA Finals.

NBC will return as an NBA broadcaster for the primary time since 2002.

The community will present as much as 100 video games per season throughout it is channels and Peacock streaming service.

It can even be the house of NBA All-Star and present roughly 28 playoff video games from the primary and second spherical.

NBC will present one Convention Finals Collection for six of the 11 years, rotating with new broadcaster Amazon Prime.

Amazon will present 66 NBA regular-season video games together with one on Black Friday.

The streaming service can be the house of the latter phases of the NBA Cup and your entire Play-In Event.

Prime may also broadcast round one third of the playoff video games within the first and second spherical.

“Can’t wait to throw one in every of these on the court docket,” a fifth fan stated.

Doncic has been superb since arriving in Los Angeles.

He’s at the moment averaging 27.1 factors, 8.1 rebounds, and seven.6 assists per recreation.

The Lakers are 48-31 and personal the No. 3 seed within the Western Convention.