Luka Doncic’s poor conditioning was a problem long before he was shockingly traded at the trade deadline in February.

New Mavericks CEO Rick Welts has publicly discussed the Luka Dončić trade that sent him from Dallas to the Los Angeles Lakers. In an interview with Brad Townsend of the Dallas Morning News, he addressed how he "probably underestimated the reaction" the fans had to the recent Dončić trade.

As you all know, the Dallas Mavericks traded franchise point guard Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers— a move that shook the NBA world. Even though Doncic and the Mavericks organization didn’t end on the best terms,