After the 39-43 Mavericks were knocked out of the NBA’s SoFi play-in tournament Friday, Dallas players used words like “noise” and “turmoil” to describe the hellish, injury-filled wake of what coach Jason Kidd called The Change.

NBA insider Tim MacMahon revealed the final reason why Dallas Mavericks GM Nico Harrison traded away Luka Doncic.

A decision to fire a member of the Mavericks might have been the mark of the beginning of the end of the Luka Doncic era in Dallas.