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."

In FanDuels’ Run It Back NBA show, Chandler Parsons — a former Mavericks player — revealed that he texted Cuban about the trade. And Cuban’s reaction was so appropriate. Chandler Parsons texted Mark Cuban about the trade:

Five years after saying he would rather get divorced from his wife than trade Luka Dončić from the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban had to watch the franchise