Many individuals from the Los Angeles space are thrilled with the blockbuster commerce that made former Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic a member of the Lakers over the weekend.
Jacob Posner will not be a type of folks.
That’s as a result of the Palisades Constitution Excessive College graduate is a diehard Mavericks fan — and he grew to become one due to Doncic.
A 20-year-old Dartmouth pupil who’s in Rome to study Italian, Posner got here up with an concept to assist himself and different Mavericks specific their frustration towards basic supervisor Nico Harrison and the Adelson household, the staff’s controlling proprietor.
“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 web page he began this week to lift cash towards the trigger.
“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 taken into account one of many NBA’s greatest gamers. A five-time All-Star, he completed third within the league’s MVP voting final 12 months and helped the Mavericks make the NBA Finals.
Harrison instructed reporters Tuesday that the staff was seeking to get “out ahead” of what may need been robust negotiations with Doncic this summer time over a supermax extension that may have been price almost $350 million over 5 seasons. It additionally has been reported that the Mavericks had issues over Doncic’s weight-reduction plan and conditioning.
In the end, Harrison stated, the duty for the choice belongs with him. Posner and different followers need him to know that they’re not cool with it.
“Nico Harrison and the Adelson family have done the unthinkable — trading away our beloved Luka Doncic to the Lakers in exchange for an injury-riddled Anthony Davis and just one first-round pick,” Posner wrote. “One pick!!! As a huge Dallas Mavericks fan, I’m reeling from the shock, frustration, and sorrow this trade has brought to our community.”
As of Thursday afternoon, the marketing campaign had raised greater than $33,000 towards Posner’s said aim of $82,600, an quantity he decided after researching the price of renting billboards which might be obtainable across the area. He wrote Thursday on GoFundMe that he’s working to get the primary billboards up earlier than the Mavericks’ subsequent residence sport, Saturday towards the Houston Rockets.
“Whatever amount we raise is going straight to billboards,” Posner wrote, “whether we come in short, meet it, or surpass it. One way or another, these billboards are happening.”
