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Luka Doncic penned a farewell missive to Dallas Mavericks fans connected Sunday, hours aft the squad traded him to the Los Angeles Lakers successful a blockbuster that shook the NBA world.
The Lakers acquired Doncic and Maxi Kleber successful a woody for Anthony Davis, Max Christie and a draught pick. The Utah Jazz were besides progressive successful the deal.
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Doncic is simply a five-time All-Star and five-time First Team All-NBA. He’s averaging 28.1 points per game.
He was the look of the Mavericks since the squad acquired him successful the NBA Draft from the Atlanta Hawks. The 25-year-old is among the up-and-coming stars who are expected to beryllium the look of the league – if not already are. It’s wherefore the commercialized itself was incredibly stunning.
Doncic thanked the fans for their support. He made nary notation of the squad itself.
"Seven years ago, I came present arsenic a teen to prosecute my imagination of playing hoops astatine the highest level," Doncic wrote. "I thought I’d walk my vocation present and I wanted truthful severely to bring you a championship. The emotion and enactment you each person fixed maine is much than I could person ever dreamed of. For a young kid from Slovenia coming to the U.S. for the archetypal time, you made North Texas consciousness similar home.
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"In bully times and bad, from injuries to the NBA Finals, your enactment ne'er changed. Thank you not lone for sharing my joyousness successful our champion memories, but besides lifting met up erstwhile I needed it most.
"To each the organizations I’ve worked with passim the Dallas community, convey you for letting maine lend to your important enactment and articulation you successful bringing airy to those who request it. As I commencement the adjacent portion of my hoops journey, I americium leaving a metropolis that volition ever consciousness similar a location distant from home.
"Dallas is simply a peculiar place, and Mavs fans are peculiar fans.
"Thank you, from the bottommost of my heart."
Doncic volition present squad up with LeBron James and the Lakers arsenic they prosecute different NBA championship.
"Grateful for this astonishing opportunity," helium added successful a station to his Instagram Stories. "Basketball means everything to me, and nary substance wherever I play the game, I’ll bash truthful with the aforesaid joyousness passionateness and extremity – to triumph championships."
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