Mavericks vs. Lakers recap; Marc Spears on why Luka was traded

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Last night, the Mavericks had their first matchup against Luka Dončić as a Laker. Dončić seemed to be in control with a 19-point triple-double in the Lakers' big win. Kyrie Irving came to play, while P.J. Washington was nowhere to be found. Irving also discussed the emotions he felt playing against his former teammate. And finally, analyst Marc Spears shared the real reason Luka was traded, claiming it was his matchup against Jaylen Brown in the Finals. Apparently, that was enough for the Mavs to realize Luka isn't their franchise guy. "He shut him down in the Finals, what Brown did to Luka, those are the factors that led Dallas to question Luka as the leader of the team and whether he was in shape or not." RJ didn't agree; he argued that blaming Jaylen Brown is just one of the many excuses thrown out, and Mavs fans deserve the truth.

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00:00We had a report from longtime NBA insider, friend of Chris Arnold, Mark Spears.

00:21And I was sitting there in the barbershop and Bobby sent this over and I got up to walk

00:26out.

00:27I got up to walk out because I'm out of the chair.

00:30She was in the middle of cutting your hair.

00:31I was in the waiting.

00:32OK, I was in the waiting area.

00:34And there's usually I'm a haircut snob.

00:36I hate getting my hair cut.

00:38So if there's two people, I leave two people.

00:41I'm not going to wait.

00:42So there was one person and I saw this and I was like, screw this.

00:45I'm up.

00:46I'm out of here.

00:47I'll go to Indianapolis looking shaggy.

00:49But it was Mark Spears saying that the reason the Mavericks traded Luka Doncic is Jalen

00:55Brown from the NBA finals matchup against the Celtics, quote, what Jalen Brown did to

01:01Luka in the final, shutting him down, guarding him full court, making it unbearable offensively

01:07led Dallas to questioning Luka as the leader of the team and questioning whether he was

01:13in shape or not.

01:16You know what?

01:17He really did get shut down, man.

01:18Yeah.

01:19I mean, it was only twenty nine a game.

01:20I mean, you can't even average 30 a night in the finals.

01:24Twenty nine, nine and five.

01:26It's terrible.

01:27I mean, you're not even averaging a triple, a double, double.

01:30You just you know what?

01:31You're a bum.

01:32You're a bum.

01:33We got to get you out of here.

01:34We got to keep we got to keep the other guy who was even worse from a feel feel good percentage.

01:39Kyrie was forty one percent of the field, twenty eight from three.

01:42You know, at least Luka was forty seven from the field, a little bit worse from three.

01:46Twenty five percent.

01:47Not great.

01:48But to say that's the reason I mean, you're not being honest with your fan base.

01:52It's evident right now.

01:53They are so panicked over there scrambling.

01:55They're scrambling for any report.

01:58We're just going to float all these kind of reports out there.

02:00Oh, you oh, you want this report?

02:01We'll give you this.

02:02Well, you want this?

02:03We'll give you this one.

02:04You're not being honest.

02:05It had nothing to do with Jalen Brown.

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