Christian Clark

Yeah, a mixture of love and hate. I would say that the love outweighed the hate. It was a lot of love for Luka Doncic as soon as he stepped on the court. I thought it was a cool little moment. The Lakers took the floor for warm-ups, and he comes in and he just banks the shot off the shot clock, like shoots it. 10 feet above the basket, and it just drops in.

Yeah, a mixture of love and hate. I would say that the love outweighed the hate. It was a lot of love for Luka Doncic as soon as he stepped on the court. I thought it was a cool little moment. The Lakers took the floor for warm-ups, and he comes in and he just banks the shot off the shot clock, like shoots it. 10 feet above the basket, and it just drops in.

Yeah, a mixture of love and hate. I would say that the love outweighed the hate. It was a lot of love for Luka Doncic as soon as he stepped on the court. I thought it was a cool little moment. The Lakers took the floor for warm-ups, and he comes in and he just banks the shot off the shot clock, like shoots it. 10 feet above the basket, and it just drops in.

It was like a little moment of Luka magic. I mean, he was just on the entire night, 31 in the first half. I mean, anytime he touched the ball, the crowd loved it. And then, yeah, the hate, I mean, really just directed towards one person, you know, Nico Harrison, who made this trade. I would say overall, fun night. I mean, I would say overall... like more positive than negative.

It was like a little moment of Luka magic. I mean, he was just on the entire night, 31 in the first half. I mean, anytime he touched the ball, the crowd loved it. And then, yeah, the hate, I mean, really just directed towards one person, you know, Nico Harrison, who made this trade. I would say overall, fun night. I mean, I would say overall... like more positive than negative.

It was like a little moment of Luka magic. I mean, he was just on the entire night, 31 in the first half. I mean, anytime he touched the ball, the crowd loved it. And then, yeah, the hate, I mean, really just directed towards one person, you know, Nico Harrison, who made this trade. I would say overall, fun night. I mean, I would say overall... like more positive than negative.

I think the fans love this.

I think the fans love this.

I think the fans love this.

Well, I was surprised that they did a tribute video in the first place. I'm not necessarily surprised that they did it because I knew it was expected, but it was a sort of damned if you do, damned if you don't type of situation from the Mavericks after the last couple of months of, you know, kind of conversation around why they traded him. What was the reasoning? Was it out of shape?

Well, I was surprised that they did a tribute video in the first place. I'm not necessarily surprised that they did it because I knew it was expected, but it was a sort of damned if you do, damned if you don't type of situation from the Mavericks after the last couple of months of, you know, kind of conversation around why they traded him. What was the reasoning? Was it out of shape?

Well, I was surprised that they did a tribute video in the first place. I'm not necessarily surprised that they did it because I knew it was expected, but it was a sort of damned if you do, damned if you don't type of situation from the Mavericks after the last couple of months of, you know, kind of conversation around why they traded him. What was the reasoning? Was it out of shape?

All that type of stuff that kind of went around. And you see the emotion there. on Luka during that tribute video. And to me, I was like, oh man, what response are we going to get from Luka Doncic with the amount of emotion that he's showing 25 seconds before we do tip off? So I was surprised that he jumped out to such an incredible start. Christian, from your perspective,

All that type of stuff that kind of went around. And you see the emotion there. on Luka during that tribute video. And to me, I was like, oh man, what response are we going to get from Luka Doncic with the amount of emotion that he's showing 25 seconds before we do tip off? So I was surprised that he jumped out to such an incredible start. Christian, from your perspective,

All that type of stuff that kind of went around. And you see the emotion there. on Luka during that tribute video. And to me, I was like, oh man, what response are we going to get from Luka Doncic with the amount of emotion that he's showing 25 seconds before we do tip off? So I was surprised that he jumped out to such an incredible start. Christian, from your perspective,

Do you feel like this was made to be a moment for Luka? You know, the thank you shirts, everything that you saw. Like, was this the Mavericks organization trying their best to maybe mend ties with Luka Doncic?

Do you feel like this was made to be a moment for Luka? You know, the thank you shirts, everything that you saw. Like, was this the Mavericks organization trying their best to maybe mend ties with Luka Doncic?

Do you feel like this was made to be a moment for Luka? You know, the thank you shirts, everything that you saw. Like, was this the Mavericks organization trying their best to maybe mend ties with Luka Doncic?

Yeah, there's no question about it. I think the organization realized that their messaging was really bad right after the Luka Doncic trade. It's like, however you actually feel about him, the reasons for this trade, he still led you to the finals and won a ton and had this genuine connection with the fan base.

Yeah, there's no question about it. I think the organization realized that their messaging was really bad right after the Luka Doncic trade. It's like, however you actually feel about him, the reasons for this trade, he still led you to the finals and won a ton and had this genuine connection with the fan base.