Former Dallas Mavericks governor Mark Cuban gave his first public comment on the Luka Doncic trade, after the 25-year-old superstar was dealt to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis and a first-round pick prior to the NBA trade deadline.

The jaw-dropping Luka Doncic trade cemented the reality, if it wasn’t already clear, that Mark Cuban has no influence on the Mavericks’ basketball operations.

In a conversation with Bill Gates at the Eisemann Center in Richardson on Friday night, Cuban was blunt in his first public response about the trade that sent the international superstar he drafted to Los Angeles. "I've had a rough week," Cuban told Gates to begin the event per Sarah Hepola of The Dallas Morning News.

Mark Cuban reportedly did not want the Dallas Mavericks to go through with the Luka Dončić trade. Dallas shockingly parted ways with its face of the franchise on Feb. 2, trading the 25-year-old Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers in a blockbuster deal centered around Anthony Davis.

For Cuban, that meant watching the Mavericks part ways with franchise cornerstone Luka Doncic on Feb. 1 in a blockbuster NBA trade with the Los Angeles Lakers. Doncic is expected to make his debut for the Lakers on Monday night against the Utah Jazz.

Although he remains a minority owner of the team, Cuban has stepped back from day-to-day basketball operations since the Adelson family acquired majority control in late 2023.

The Dallas Mavericks reportedly didn't consult with Mark Cuban before trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Mavericks minority owner had a simple but generic response to Doncic being traded to the Lakers over the weekend.

Dallas Mavericks minority owner Mark Cuban apparently made a last-ditch effort to stop the blindsiding blockbuster trade deal that sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Anthony Davis,

The former Mavs owner says he wasn't consulted about the trade and by the time he found out about it, it was too late.

When asked about the trade, Legler, on the All-NBA Podcast, had the following to say, refusing to hold back on the situation: "Not only would Mark Cuban not have done the deal, Mark Cuban would have fired a person who suggested it on the spot... Because he'd be certain that person has to be doing something in terms of narcotics."