Mavericks Full 2024 Western Conference Finals Trophy Presentation

before we get to the hardware just a word to you folks in Minnesota um what a great what a great fan base what a great team you supported this year congratulations we have um a western conference championship trophy here we have the Western Conference Finals MVP trophy here let's get to it and to accept the championship trophy a guy who spent nine Seasons with the Dallas Mavericks two-time Allstar currently assistant GM and VP of basketball uh development so you're one of the guys who put this thing together and helped this team to the Western Conference title Michael Finley ladies and gentlemen [Applause] and and this is Patrick Dumont this was made official back in December the chains of ownership has anybody told you this is really not the normal way that this goes about you take control of a team and then four months later you're going to the NBA finals not with this team we did this for the city of Dallas and for our fans I saw you with about a minute and a half to go in the game from your seat I saw Mark cubin give you a big hug what did he have to say to you he said this is an amazing team he loves everyone and let's go congratulations you're going to the NBA finals before we do the MVP let me get a couple of words here um Nico Harrison's the head of basketball Ops for the Mavericks look when you look at the moves that you have orchestrated over the past year whether that's bringing in Kyrie Irving whether that's drafting Derek Lively it's the trade to get Daniel Gafford here PJ Washington here you've had the Magic Touch how gratifying is that from a professional and personal standpoint for you Nico now you know what it feels really good but uh most importantly I feel good for Jason kid I feel good for the team and we've really built something here we got a great culture congrat congratulations I know that feels great in your hands right there and Jason kid if you [Applause] would so last time this team was in the finals you were playing and you and you won it 13 years ago so the traits that made that team special what do you see in this bunch of Mavericks well I think just the resilience uh understanding that this group believes uh they they believe in each other I thought the connection uh since the trade uh has been incredible and we're playing at a high level but the connection offensively and defensively but off the floor too and this is a special group congratulations and uh good luck against the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals Jason nice going so so we've had the Oscar Robertson trophy going to the Champions and now this is the MVP is named for Magic Johnson and the MVP of the Western Conference Finals is I'm I'm not going to tell you but he's from Slovenia Luca donic all right how's that feel yeah it's that's a couple of things to celebrate to have that to have the Magic Johnson trophy but also you're going to the NBA finals Luka that's insane uh but this this trop is the whole team man it's not me it's the whole team I see you but no this is this means a lot we're going to NBA Finals uh just can't believe it man the way you came out tonight outscoring Minnesota by yourself in the first quarter just give me your mindset as you took the floor tonight my mind was set the tone uh I know they're going to start doubling after so we just play with the doubles double team after and we just play basketball congratulations to you good luck in the finals let me get Kyrie Irving up here if I could where's Kai [Applause] so so it's a first trip for Luca you've been to the finals before this will be trip number four and you've won a championship what's the what's the best advice you can give to a to team members who have not experienced what you're about to experience uh just en enjoy the moment and uh realize how hard you work to get there nothing's guaranteed in this league especially making it to the finals every year uh you know we couldn't have done it without a collective responsibility us working together every single day practicing hard doing a little thing so we should reward ourselves by playing hard exactly I mean and when when you came to play with Luca and you know there was a debate hey how is it going to work or is it going to work what has made it so successful between the two of you we're a great team it's not just about me and Luca we've said that since the beginning of the Season uh without these guys guys supporting without our lady supporting us uh we wouldn't be here so shout out to everybody that does the little things for us to be prepared every single night and it's our job to go out here and put our best foot forward you may have noticed that uh the finals will start in a place where you used to play in Boston you looking forward to that yeah absolutely I mean Boston's in the way in between our goals so that's it man Kyrie congratulations and congratulations to everybody wearing the Mavericks colors tonight the 2024 West Conference champions heading to the NBA finals against Boston congratulations fellas photo Ernie Johnson doing another great job with that

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Length: 6min 54sec (414 seconds)

Published: Fri May 31 2024