L.A. native upset Luka Doncic is a Laker. He’s raising money to protest trade with billboards in Dallas

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New Laker Luka Doncic laughs during a timeout against the Clippers on Tuesday at Intuit Dome. Doncic was acquired from Dallas over the weekend in a trade that wasn’t popular with some Mavericks fans, including one from L.A. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Many people from the Los Angeles area are thrilled with the blockbuster trade that made former Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic a member of the Lakers over the weekend.

Jacob Posner is not one of those people.

That’s because the Palisades Charter High School graduate is a diehard Mavericks fan — and he became one because of Doncic.

“When Luka came into the league and became a Mavs [player], I immediately was like, ‘That’s my guy and I wanna be a Mavs fan,’” Posner told CBS News Texas from a hotel room in Sicily, Italy, this week.

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A 20-year-old Dartmouth student who is in Rome to learn Italian, Posner came up with an idea to help himself and other Mavericks express their frustration toward general manager Nico Harrison and the Adelson family, the team’s controlling owner.

“Our plan is to cover the area around the American Airlines Center … with protest billboards, letting the front office know that Dallas Deserves Better when it comes to team decisions,” Posner wrote on the GoFundMe page he started this week to raise money toward the cause.

“Trading away Luka Magic has left a deep void in the hearts of Dallas fans. By banding together for this billboard campaign, we’re sending a strong, undeniable message to the Mavs front office: We refuse to be overlooked, and we deserve better decisions.”

At 25, Doncic is considered one of the NBA’s best players. A five-time All-Star, he finished third in the league’s MVP voting last year and helped the Mavericks make the NBA Finals.

News broke late Saturday of the trade that sent Doncic, Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris to L.A. in exchange for Anthony Davis, Max Christie and the Lakers’ 2029 first-round draft pick (the Utah Jazz also received Jalen Hood-Schifino from the Lakers and second-round picks from L.A. and Dallas to facilitate the trade).

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Author : LA Times

Publish date : 2025-02-06 21:04:00

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