April 8, 2025 • 5 mins
"What happens when a superstar switches teams and breaks the hearts of fans?" This poignant question sets the stage for an emotionally charged segment of The Ben and Skin Show on 97.1 The Eagle. In this episode, Ben and Skin delve into the grief and disbelief surrounding Luka's departure, exploring the 77 stages of grief as coined by Mark Stein. They discuss the surreal experience of seeing Luka in a Lakers uniform at the American Airlines Center and the emotional turmoil it will bring. The duo also speculates on potential game outcomes and the bittersweet nature of Luka's performance against his former team.Special guest Kevin "KT" Turner, known for his insightful sports commentary, joins the conversation to share his thoughts on the trade and its implications for the Mavericks. KT's perspective adds depth to the discussion, making this episode a must-listen for fans struggling to come to terms with the trade.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's been in Skin Show ninety seven point one. The
Eagle coming up at the top of the hour, we
have a shocking weight loss story. So if you want
to be shocked or hear about losing weight, everybody wins.
It's time for a little MAVs Talk, brought to you
by the Sunset at McKinney Amphitheater. If you don't know
you need to know, go to Sunset Texas dot com
(00:21):
for information on how to own a fire pit suite
or join the Apeman Club to this really cool new
venue that is coming to McKinny opening in twenty twenty six.
And really what everybody's talking about is that we are
twenty seven hours away from Luca wearing a Laker uniform
(00:41):
playing in the American Airline Center and it is going.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
To be crazy. Yeah, it's it's a heartbreaker, man, it's
I've not been able to get over the trade it is.
You know, Mark Stein called it seventy seven stages of grief. Honestly,
I do it might end up being seventy seven thousand
stages of grief because every time you see Luca doing
(01:05):
something incredible with the Lakers, I'm gonna feel it all
over again, And the reality is I may never get
over this trade. I just you know, it's just not
a trade that I would have done. It's not one
that I understand. And now watching Luca dominate and do
all those things in another uniform, it just breaks my soul.
(01:28):
And so to have him back in the American Airline
Center playing against the Maverick in a Mavericks in a
Laker uniform, I think I'm just gonna be overwhelmed with emotion.
I'm going, I'm gonna, I'm gonna I'm gonna go and
use my media credential to get in because I wasn't
gonna drop seven hundred dollars on a ticket.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
I think those prices will drop. I think you can
get in for three point fifty at tip time.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
I just don't know, like how what even a good
outcome is, Like I don't there's no there's no good
ending to this story for me. So like an investment
in that game, Like if if Luca had a bad game,
I'd be sad. I want him to have a good game.
If Luca has a badass game and goes ham, I'll
be sad. You know, no matter what happens, I will
(02:09):
be sad that he's not a Maverick anymore, and I
will refuse. I mean, I won't be able to understand it.
I still won't be able to make sense of it.
So but I do want to be in the building
because it's going to be one of the oddest environments
in the history of local sports.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
Last night, just kind of table talking with some people.
We can talcted what I think is the perfect outcome
to the game. So I was posing the question to
people that I posed to you guys yesterday on the air.
If the Lakers are trailing, said, the MAVs lead one
two to one hundred three seconds left and the ball's
inbound into Luca and he's shooting a game winning three,
(02:43):
what do all of MAVs fans want to happen? And
I think y'all ended up with somewhere between. They want
him to make it or they want things to go
well for Luca but the MAVs win, which I was like,
what if he makes a three and then they giddy
him in. Anthony Davis makes like a half court shot
to win the game for the MAVs after Luca made
(03:04):
a three to put him up.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Like, there's this incredible, there's a way. Yeah, it's like
that very unique scenario that probably won't happen.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Nomer. The only thing that would help me is if
something happened in the game that opened up a time
space portal and we were able to go back to
the eve of the trade and undo it.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
I think it would be bad. I think here's the
ultimate optimal outcome for me is that mister Miagi goes
back there and heals Kyrie Irving and he hits a
game winner. To me, that's what I think would really
heal my soul, because you know, I'm unhappy that Luke
is not a Maverick anymore, but in general, I can
(03:41):
move on in the world of sports. The things that's
devastating to me as injuries, like when a guy like
one of the things that hurt me more than anything
was the JJ Burrea Achilles tear and that was going
to be his final contract, right, he was bawling out
that was going to be his final contract and he
was done after that. Like, those are the things killed
me the most. And so when I look at the
(04:02):
Maverick situation, I wouldn't have traded Luka Doncic. I think, like,
how most people feel about him, and these really insanely
amazing things that he can do. I think it's hard
to quantify that in a real world because it is
truly magical. It is like Star Wars and he's using
(04:23):
the force, like that's how you explain the ridiculous stuff
that he does. And that's why it's just so painful,
because it's just those guys don't come along. As much
as I love Kyrie, he doesn't use the force, right,
you know what I'm saying. And so you had a
guy that used the force and now he's gone, You're
probably never going to have another guy like that again. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Hey, I highly recommend people go read Mark Stein in
two parts. One was Sunday and then one was yesterday.
I think I've read both of them and it's phenomenal stuff.
I was listening to the fan earlier today and they
were talking about, Yeah, I don't know if Jason Kidd
was for this Trader or not for this Traider. Was like,
read that Stein if you have any any doubt at all,
(05:02):
that will eliminate it. In the McMahon book, oh my god,
have you read that book yet?
Speaker 3 (05:06):
I've read Okay, so I haven't read in the entirety
of the final chapter. But I did see. I haven't
bought it yet, but i'd see someone transcribe pretty much
all of it on read it okay, but it's laid out.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
It makes it clear who's involved. Yeah, I need to
buy that book. I need to buy that book too.
All Right, there you have it, The Return of Luca.
We might we might talk about it again tomorrow. You
never know. It's all we worked hard to know.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
The most shocking weight loss story ever is just a
few minutes away. Don't miss that.
It's been in Skin Show ninety seven point one. The
Eagle coming up at the top of the hour, we
have a shocking weight loss story. So if you want
to be shocked or hear about losing weight, everybody wins.
It's time for a little MAVs Talk, brought to you
by the Sunset at McKinney Amphitheater. If you don't know
you need to know, go to Sunset Texas dot com
(00:21):
for information on how to own a fire pit suite
or join the Apeman Club to this really cool new
venue that is coming to McKinny opening in twenty twenty six.
And really what everybody's talking about is that we are
twenty seven hours away from Luca wearing a Laker uniform
(00:41):
playing in the American Airline Center and it is going.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
To be crazy. Yeah, it's it's a heartbreaker, man, it's
I've not been able to get over the trade it is.
You know, Mark Stein called it seventy seven stages of grief. Honestly,
I do it might end up being seventy seven thousand
stages of grief because every time you see Luca doing
(01:05):
something incredible with the Lakers, I'm gonna feel it all
over again, And the reality is I may never get
over this trade. I just you know, it's just not
a trade that I would have done. It's not one
that I understand. And now watching Luca dominate and do
all those things in another uniform, it just breaks my soul.
(01:28):
And so to have him back in the American Airline
Center playing against the Maverick in a Mavericks in a
Laker uniform, I think I'm just gonna be overwhelmed with emotion.
I'm going, I'm gonna, I'm gonna I'm gonna go and
use my media credential to get in because I wasn't
gonna drop seven hundred dollars on a ticket.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
I think those prices will drop. I think you can
get in for three point fifty at tip time.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
I just don't know, like how what even a good
outcome is, Like I don't there's no there's no good
ending to this story for me. So like an investment
in that game, Like if if Luca had a bad game,
I'd be sad. I want him to have a good game.
If Luca has a badass game and goes ham, I'll
be sad. You know, no matter what happens, I will
(02:09):
be sad that he's not a Maverick anymore, and I
will refuse. I mean, I won't be able to understand it.
I still won't be able to make sense of it.
So but I do want to be in the building
because it's going to be one of the oddest environments
in the history of local sports.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
Last night, just kind of table talking with some people.
We can talcted what I think is the perfect outcome
to the game. So I was posing the question to
people that I posed to you guys yesterday on the air.
If the Lakers are trailing, said, the MAVs lead one
two to one hundred three seconds left and the ball's
inbound into Luca and he's shooting a game winning three,
(02:43):
what do all of MAVs fans want to happen? And
I think y'all ended up with somewhere between. They want
him to make it or they want things to go
well for Luca but the MAVs win, which I was like,
what if he makes a three and then they giddy
him in. Anthony Davis makes like a half court shot
to win the game for the MAVs after Luca made
(03:04):
a three to put him up.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Like, there's this incredible, there's a way. Yeah, it's like
that very unique scenario that probably won't happen.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Nomer. The only thing that would help me is if
something happened in the game that opened up a time
space portal and we were able to go back to
the eve of the trade and undo it.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
I think it would be bad. I think here's the
ultimate optimal outcome for me is that mister Miagi goes
back there and heals Kyrie Irving and he hits a
game winner. To me, that's what I think would really
heal my soul, because you know, I'm unhappy that Luke
is not a Maverick anymore, but in general, I can
(03:41):
move on in the world of sports. The things that's
devastating to me as injuries, like when a guy like
one of the things that hurt me more than anything
was the JJ Burrea Achilles tear and that was going
to be his final contract, right, he was bawling out
that was going to be his final contract and he
was done after that. Like, those are the things killed
me the most. And so when I look at the
(04:02):
Maverick situation, I wouldn't have traded Luka Doncic. I think, like,
how most people feel about him, and these really insanely
amazing things that he can do. I think it's hard
to quantify that in a real world because it is
truly magical. It is like Star Wars and he's using
(04:23):
the force, like that's how you explain the ridiculous stuff
that he does. And that's why it's just so painful,
because it's just those guys don't come along. As much
as I love Kyrie, he doesn't use the force, right,
you know what I'm saying. And so you had a
guy that used the force and now he's gone, You're
probably never going to have another guy like that again. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Hey, I highly recommend people go read Mark Stein in
two parts. One was Sunday and then one was yesterday.
I think I've read both of them and it's phenomenal stuff.
I was listening to the fan earlier today and they
were talking about, Yeah, I don't know if Jason Kidd
was for this Trader or not for this Traider. Was like,
read that Stein if you have any any doubt at all,
(05:02):
that will eliminate it. In the McMahon book, oh my god,
have you read that book yet?
Speaker 3 (05:06):
I've read Okay, so I haven't read in the entirety
of the final chapter. But I did see. I haven't
bought it yet, but i'd see someone transcribe pretty much
all of it on read it okay, but it's laid out.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
It makes it clear who's involved. Yeah, I need to
buy that book. I need to buy that book too.
All Right, there you have it, The Return of Luca.
We might we might talk about it again tomorrow. You
never know. It's all we worked hard to know.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
The most shocking weight loss story ever is just a
few minutes away. Don't miss that.
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