April 7, 2025 • 9 mins
"How will Mavericks fans react when Luka Doncic returns to Dallas as a Laker?" This thought-provoking question sets the stage for a captivating segment of The Ben and Skin Show on 97.1 The Eagle. Join Ben, Skin, KT, and Krystina as they dive into the emotional rollercoaster of Luka's return. In this episode, the hosts kick off with a heartfelt discussion about Luka Doncic's highly anticipated return to Dallas Fort Worth as a Laker. They explore the mixed emotions of Mavericks fans, the impact of Luka's departure, and the excitement surrounding his first game back in his former home stadium. Key Moments:
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- Luka Doncic's Return: The hosts debate whether Luka will play against the Mavericks, considering factors like load management and the excitement among fans. They reflect on the emotional impact of his departure and the significance of his return.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
That's right, and this is the world famous Ben and
Skin Show, Ben Rodgers, Jeff skin Wade, Christina Cornbread, Little
Baby Cornbread, Kray Ray Ray Ray, and Kevin KT fun
tweets Turner having a good time today. Thanks for rolling
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by the Sunset at McKinny Amphitheater. You could own a
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(00:24):
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(00:46):
right here we want to get into a little MAVs talk.
And on Wednesday, you've got Luka Dancic returning to Dallas
Fort Worth as a Laker, and man, this has me
all in my feels I'm just starting to get over
at the realization that he's gone, and it's all so painful.
I think it's one of the worst seasons I can
(01:07):
ever remember as a sports fan, just to go from
being in the NBA Finals, having a twenty five year
old mega superstar that's on your team. You have this
like false sense of security, like, man, we're gonna be
good for a decade from here, and then suddenly he's
traded away, and then your whole team gets hurt. It's
just been a wild, wild ride, and you know, this
(01:29):
is probably, I don't know, the most hurtful, painful moment
of it all is going to be him in his
you know, former home stadium wearing Lakers goal. If he plays,
I mean, second night of a back to back, you
don't think of late.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
No. I definitely think he's playing, but I think it's
fun to throw wild stuff out there.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
Yeah no, no, no, I think.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
He would sit the Oklahoma City game, especially since the
Lakers destroyed Oklahoma City last night or yesterday afternoon.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
They hammered him.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Did you guys know that the thunder have the highest
point differential in NBA history margin of margin of victory.
I was with someone who wagers, and he was like,
wait a minute, the Thunder nine and a half point
favorites over the Lakers. I go, dude, I think that's
every Thunder game because their point margin is so big,
(02:25):
and then we looked it up. It's the biggest in
NBA history. No team is at a consistent winning margin
like that. Now, the Lakers went in there and absolutely
destroyed him, and it was primarily Luca that was getting
it done.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
He was just he would not miss.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
So I think there's zero chance he misses the Dallas
game unless, and I'm not wanting this obviously, if he
were to get tweaked or hurt somehow on Tuesday night.
There's no way he's missing this. I think he's been
dreaming of this. It is going to be a home
game away from home, like people are going to wildly
(03:01):
cheer is loud as they're cheering for the home team
every time he scores or makes a pass or right.
So it's gonna be insane. There's no way he misses that.
I don't even know how to reconcile all the emotions
going into it, Like it's just.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
I'm a mess.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
It's been a it's been a very difficult season. It's
been in on top of god, I saw somebody had this.
They were like the Lakers record since the trade and
the MAVs record since the trade, and the game's ad
has played versus the games that Lucas has played, and
obviously that has really wildly been in the Lakers favor
and just about every way. You know, the injury plague
(03:38):
that has just hammered the Mavericks has just been absolutely brutal.
But you know, again, I was looking for tickets as
this thing, and the worst ticket in the lower bowls
going for about six hundred and fifty bucks. Damn.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Yeah, that's that's a that's a high priced ticket, man,
That is a I was that the way it was
for the finals.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
Do y'all remember.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
How much was one ticket in the lower bowl during
the Finals. Probably more, you think there's more thousand. Okay,
it's it's going it's gonna be so crazy. I just
don't think there's gonna be it. It's hard to articulate
what it's going to even be like because there's never
really been anything like this, Like even Lebron so Lebron
(04:24):
going back to Cleveland, for example, when he went to Miami. Well,
Cleveland was bad, so they were a bottom. They were
a terrible team, and lebron chose to leave right and
he actually was from there. I don't I don't know
what this would even be, like, like what has ever
happened in sports that's like this?
Speaker 1 (04:46):
And I you know, I I know you get this
every where you go.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
I still get it everywhere I go. What happened? Why
would the Mavericks do this?
Speaker 1 (04:55):
And people are still scratching their heads and you still
get the conspiracy.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Is it because they're move the team to Vegas? Is
you know you had all this crazy?
Speaker 1 (05:03):
It doesn't make sense, but it's so stupid that no
one can make sense of it on just a regular
level of okay, because you would never trade him for that.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
I would.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
I would everyone recommend. I'm halfway through part two. I
would have one recommend they go read our buddy mark
Stein's substack.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
He dropped.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Uh so he's been doing these Luca Q and A's
and he dropped part five yesterday and part six today
and he's he's putting it out there, man.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Yeah, like this stuff. Help help paraphrase it for like,
explain what it is? What is he saying.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Okay, like, here's a whole section, so he'll have a header.
And this is what were Luca's last days as a Maverick, like,
and so he's going into the whole thinking of the
front office. After Luca got that injury on Christmas Day
and what led up to that. It was his third
(05:59):
believe it years or fourth, and you know, they told
him in the offseason, hey, you need to come back
this certain way. And when he came back and wasn't
that way, they, according to Stein, they took it as
this guy didn't he's not gonna listen to us, so
we need to move on.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Now.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
That's a whole other thing than what they got for him.
And we've talked about all that, like, because it's so
rare that a guy is going to get what's called
a super max contract that the agent's going to get
involved and try to stop all that. So Let's people
are like, well, how come he kept it secret. It's like, okay,
I'm gonna trade Luca. Well then the agent gets involved
(06:39):
and does everything he can to stop the trade. Oh,
you you want to trade for the Luca Lakers, Okay,
I can guarantee you he'll never sign ever, he'll never
sign if you do that deal. So go ahead, let's
see how it works out, and then then what are
you doing?
Speaker 4 (06:53):
You know?
Speaker 2 (06:53):
And so it's like, I'm not saying I agree with Nico,
but that's it's not what people want to hear.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
But that's why he did it that way.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
He didn't want the agent involved in a trade for
a guy that was going to be no longer eligible
for the Supermax, which so few guys are eligible.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
Right, but he just low return. Again, I'm not saying.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
All I'm saying is here's the reason why you don't
have to agree with it, but this is the logic
that went into it. And if you want to read
how the front office got to where they got with Luca,
Stein's pretty much putting.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
It out here. Mm hmm.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
I would highly recommend you go read it. And the
other thing too, is that it's it's not just it's
not just Luca. There's other people that have been removed
or left the organization on their own accord because things
have changed. This happens in every sport. We just haven't
had it happen with the Mavericks since Cuban bought the
(07:51):
team from ross Pero junior. You know, Cubans operated the
team in such a unique matter for so long that
I can speak from my perspective, I took it for granted.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
I take it for granted how Mark Cuban operates.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Right, He's like one of us, a passionate fan who
just happens to also be a billionaire.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
I would say that the way that the Mavericks are
operating now is how it seems like most major league
sports franchises run in North America, Like, it's a lot
more like this. The way the Mavericks are going about
it now is a lot more common. The Mavericks operated
like it was just a big family, you know, it
was Cuban's extended family. And there's a lot of people
(08:29):
that argue that is not the way to run a
sports franchise. But you know, I think what Maverick fans
are feeling right now, they probably long for that quite
a bit.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
So I wonder what that vibe is going to be
like on Wednesday Night, Like, are more people going to
be rooting for Luca than are rooting for the MAVs.
I think get everyone in the building will be rooting
for Luca, including mav fans. Everyone will be rooting for Luca.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
There will be times when the Mavericks do stuff well,
cheer for the people, cheer for that.
Speaker 4 (08:55):
But the people that are just there for Luca will not.
Let's get specific. Then one hundred to one hundred. Uh
what MAVs lead one oh one, one hundred. The Lakers
inbound the ball with three seconds left. Luca is shooting
a shot. What is going through the minds of twenty
thousand people? Oh my god, I can't believe I'm here
at this moment. And then if the ball goes in,
it'll be the loudest cheer you've heard all What do
(09:16):
they want to happen? They want Luca to want to
They want him to make it, and the MAVs to lose. Yes,
ba iron the crap out of that. They don't want
the Mavericks to lose. They want Luca to make the shot.
I think there's a difference.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
They would rather, They would rather Luca makes a shot
and they still MAVs still win by one.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
Because they don't think they're gonna get that. I know, welcome.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
His foot was on the line. K T all right,
Uh coming up next, it's the big finish. This story
hits me hard. There's been a sausage recall. We'll discuss
next
That's right, and this is the world famous Ben and
Skin Show, Ben Rodgers, Jeff skin Wade, Christina Cornbread, Little
Baby Cornbread, Kray Ray Ray Ray, and Kevin KT fun
tweets Turner having a good time today. Thanks for rolling
with us. This segment right here is brought to you
by the Sunset at McKinny Amphitheater. You could own a
piece of Dallas's most luxurious Amphitheater, redefining the way you
experience concerts. Just go to Sunset Texas dot com for
(00:24):
information on how you could own a firepit suite or
join the Akman Club, which is crazy exclusive and really
really cool. This is really great what they're doing. This
is coming to McKinney in twenty twenty six. You can
secure your suite right now. Those you could have tickets
to every single concert that comes through that McKinney venue forever.
The Sunset at mckinne Amphitheater, Sunset Texas dot Com. But
(00:46):
right here we want to get into a little MAVs talk.
And on Wednesday, you've got Luka Dancic returning to Dallas
Fort Worth as a Laker, and man, this has me
all in my feels I'm just starting to get over
at the realization that he's gone, and it's all so painful.
I think it's one of the worst seasons I can
(01:07):
ever remember as a sports fan, just to go from
being in the NBA Finals, having a twenty five year
old mega superstar that's on your team. You have this
like false sense of security, like, man, we're gonna be
good for a decade from here, and then suddenly he's
traded away, and then your whole team gets hurt. It's
just been a wild, wild ride, and you know, this
(01:29):
is probably, I don't know, the most hurtful, painful moment
of it all is going to be him in his
you know, former home stadium wearing Lakers goal. If he plays,
I mean, second night of a back to back, you
don't think of late.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
No. I definitely think he's playing, but I think it's
fun to throw wild stuff out there.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
Yeah no, no, no, I think.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
He would sit the Oklahoma City game, especially since the
Lakers destroyed Oklahoma City last night or yesterday afternoon.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
They hammered him.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Did you guys know that the thunder have the highest
point differential in NBA history margin of margin of victory.
I was with someone who wagers, and he was like,
wait a minute, the Thunder nine and a half point
favorites over the Lakers. I go, dude, I think that's
every Thunder game because their point margin is so big,
(02:25):
and then we looked it up. It's the biggest in
NBA history. No team is at a consistent winning margin
like that. Now, the Lakers went in there and absolutely
destroyed him, and it was primarily Luca that was getting
it done.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
He was just he would not miss.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
So I think there's zero chance he misses the Dallas
game unless, and I'm not wanting this obviously, if he
were to get tweaked or hurt somehow on Tuesday night.
There's no way he's missing this. I think he's been
dreaming of this. It is going to be a home
game away from home, like people are going to wildly
(03:01):
cheer is loud as they're cheering for the home team
every time he scores or makes a pass or right.
So it's gonna be insane. There's no way he misses that.
I don't even know how to reconcile all the emotions
going into it, Like it's just.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
I'm a mess.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
It's been a it's been a very difficult season. It's
been in on top of god, I saw somebody had this.
They were like the Lakers record since the trade and
the MAVs record since the trade, and the game's ad
has played versus the games that Lucas has played, and
obviously that has really wildly been in the Lakers favor
and just about every way. You know, the injury plague
(03:38):
that has just hammered the Mavericks has just been absolutely brutal.
But you know, again, I was looking for tickets as
this thing, and the worst ticket in the lower bowls
going for about six hundred and fifty bucks. Damn.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Yeah, that's that's a that's a high priced ticket, man,
That is a I was that the way it was
for the finals.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
Do y'all remember.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
How much was one ticket in the lower bowl during
the Finals. Probably more, you think there's more thousand. Okay,
it's it's going it's gonna be so crazy. I just
don't think there's gonna be it. It's hard to articulate
what it's going to even be like because there's never
really been anything like this, Like even Lebron so Lebron
(04:24):
going back to Cleveland, for example, when he went to Miami. Well,
Cleveland was bad, so they were a bottom. They were
a terrible team, and lebron chose to leave right and
he actually was from there. I don't I don't know
what this would even be, like, like what has ever
happened in sports that's like this?
Speaker 1 (04:46):
And I you know, I I know you get this
every where you go.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
I still get it everywhere I go. What happened? Why
would the Mavericks do this?
Speaker 1 (04:55):
And people are still scratching their heads and you still
get the conspiracy.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Is it because they're move the team to Vegas? Is
you know you had all this crazy?
Speaker 1 (05:03):
It doesn't make sense, but it's so stupid that no
one can make sense of it on just a regular
level of okay, because you would never trade him for that.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
I would.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
I would everyone recommend. I'm halfway through part two. I
would have one recommend they go read our buddy mark
Stein's substack.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
He dropped.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Uh so he's been doing these Luca Q and A's
and he dropped part five yesterday and part six today
and he's he's putting it out there, man.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Yeah, like this stuff. Help help paraphrase it for like,
explain what it is? What is he saying.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Okay, like, here's a whole section, so he'll have a header.
And this is what were Luca's last days as a Maverick, like,
and so he's going into the whole thinking of the
front office. After Luca got that injury on Christmas Day
and what led up to that. It was his third
(05:59):
believe it years or fourth, and you know, they told
him in the offseason, hey, you need to come back
this certain way. And when he came back and wasn't
that way, they, according to Stein, they took it as
this guy didn't he's not gonna listen to us, so
we need to move on.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Now.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
That's a whole other thing than what they got for him.
And we've talked about all that, like, because it's so
rare that a guy is going to get what's called
a super max contract that the agent's going to get
involved and try to stop all that. So Let's people
are like, well, how come he kept it secret. It's like, okay,
I'm gonna trade Luca. Well then the agent gets involved
(06:39):
and does everything he can to stop the trade. Oh,
you you want to trade for the Luca Lakers, Okay,
I can guarantee you he'll never sign ever, he'll never
sign if you do that deal. So go ahead, let's
see how it works out, and then then what are
you doing?
Speaker 4 (06:53):
You know?
Speaker 2 (06:53):
And so it's like, I'm not saying I agree with Nico,
but that's it's not what people want to hear.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
But that's why he did it that way.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
He didn't want the agent involved in a trade for
a guy that was going to be no longer eligible
for the Supermax, which so few guys are eligible.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
Right, but he just low return. Again, I'm not saying.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
All I'm saying is here's the reason why you don't
have to agree with it, but this is the logic
that went into it. And if you want to read
how the front office got to where they got with Luca,
Stein's pretty much putting.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
It out here. Mm hmm.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
I would highly recommend you go read it. And the
other thing too, is that it's it's not just it's
not just Luca. There's other people that have been removed
or left the organization on their own accord because things
have changed. This happens in every sport. We just haven't
had it happen with the Mavericks since Cuban bought the
(07:51):
team from ross Pero junior. You know, Cubans operated the
team in such a unique matter for so long that
I can speak from my perspective, I took it for granted.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
I take it for granted how Mark Cuban operates.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Right, He's like one of us, a passionate fan who
just happens to also be a billionaire.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
I would say that the way that the Mavericks are
operating now is how it seems like most major league
sports franchises run in North America, Like, it's a lot
more like this. The way the Mavericks are going about
it now is a lot more common. The Mavericks operated
like it was just a big family, you know, it
was Cuban's extended family. And there's a lot of people
(08:29):
that argue that is not the way to run a
sports franchise. But you know, I think what Maverick fans
are feeling right now, they probably long for that quite
a bit.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
So I wonder what that vibe is going to be
like on Wednesday Night, Like, are more people going to
be rooting for Luca than are rooting for the MAVs.
I think get everyone in the building will be rooting
for Luca, including mav fans. Everyone will be rooting for Luca.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
There will be times when the Mavericks do stuff well,
cheer for the people, cheer for that.
Speaker 4 (08:55):
But the people that are just there for Luca will not.
Let's get specific. Then one hundred to one hundred. Uh
what MAVs lead one oh one, one hundred. The Lakers
inbound the ball with three seconds left. Luca is shooting
a shot. What is going through the minds of twenty
thousand people? Oh my god, I can't believe I'm here
at this moment. And then if the ball goes in,
it'll be the loudest cheer you've heard all What do
(09:16):
they want to happen? They want Luca to want to
They want him to make it, and the MAVs to lose. Yes,
ba iron the crap out of that. They don't want
the Mavericks to lose. They want Luca to make the shot.
I think there's a difference.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
They would rather, They would rather Luca makes a shot
and they still MAVs still win by one.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
Because they don't think they're gonna get that. I know, welcome.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
His foot was on the line. K T all right,
Uh coming up next, it's the big finish. This story
hits me hard. There's been a sausage recall. We'll discuss
next
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