CLEVELAND – The Mavericks’ transition to a new normal will not happen overnight.
But you have to start somewhere and they began by coming to grips with the fact that Luka Donu010diu0107 no longer is the face of the franchise and that building a new brand behind Anthony Davis and Kyrie Irving is the Mavericks’ new mission.
“You never think a player of that caliber will get traded. But it’s a business,” said Quentin Grimes. “He made everybody’s job easier out there on the court.
“(But) we can’t control that. We got to be professional about it.