Hall of Fame coach Don Nelson expressed his disapproval of the Dallas Mavericks trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers during a press conference where he was awarded the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award. Wearing Doncic's signature sneakers, he apologized for the trade, emphasizing that trading generational talents is a mistake and echoing legendary coach Red Auerbach's belief that great players should be preserved, honored, and kept for a lifetime. Nelson's long-standing ties to Dallas amplify his discontent with the franchise's recent decisions.
As a matter of fact, I want everybody to know I'm wearing Luka's shoes, his new shoes from Nike that just got on the market.
Tremendous mistake by the Dallas franchise to trade him and I want everybody to know that.
His philosophy was when you have a great player -- Bill Russell, (John) Havlicek, Sam Jones, you name 'em -- you don't lose that player.
You keep him for a lifetime. You put his number up and you honor that player.
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