Tim MacMahon @espn_macmahon
Chuck Daly Award winner Don Nelson makes a point to mention that he’s wearing Luka 4s as a form of protest of the trade that shipped Luka Doncic to the Lakers.
“I think it was a tremendous mistake for the Dallas franchise to trade him — and I want everybody to know that.” – 7:20 PM

David Aldridge @davidaldridgedc
Don Nelson says he’s wearing Luka Dončić’s shoes in protest of his old team, the Mavericks, trading him to the Lakers. Calls it “a tremendous mistake.” – 7:20 PM

Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
Don Nelson says he’s wearing Luka Doncic’s shoes tonight, and that it was a “tremendous mistake” for the Mavericks to have traded him away from the franchise. – 7:18 PM

Sam Amick @sam_amick
Congrats to Don Nelson, the 2025 recipient of the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award (as announced by the @NBA_Coaches).
* Second all-time in wins in 31 seasons (1,335-1,063 record)
* Per @TheSteinLine, “Nellie” is wearing signature Luka shoes tonight to protest the – 1:23 PM

Marc J. Spears @MarcJSpears
Former NBA head coach Don Nelson has been named the recipient of the 2025 Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Basketball Coaches Association announced. In 31 NBA seasons as a head coach, “Nellie” recorded 1,335 regular season wins and ranks second all-time. – 1:10 PM

Scott Agness @ScottAgness
Don Nelson is the recipient of the 2025 Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award. He will be honored tonight at Game 2.
Rick Carlisle, president of the coaches association: “History has already reflected Don Nelson’s staggering contributions as a cutting-edge innovator and – 1:02 PM

Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
Don Nelson protested the Doncic trade during the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award 2025 ceremony, according to @TheSteinLine
“He’s yours for a lifetime. You don’t get rid of great players. When that happened, I was pretty disappointed”
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/18… – 10:18 AM

Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
Don Nelson to protest Luka Doncic trade during Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award 2025 ceremony
“When you’ve got a great player, he’s yours for a lifetime. You don’t get rid of great players. When that happened, I was pretty disappointed”
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/18… – 9:42 AM

Luka Doncic: The reason I said it’s easier to score in the NBA is because it’s just different rules. You have a lot more spacing, you have more minutes. It’s eight more minutes, anything can happen in eight minutes. So it’s just because of that. In Europe if you get a big guy, for example like Edy Tavares, he plays in Madrid. He’s just standing in the paint and he can stand in the paint and he’s [7’3″], it’s hard to score on that. It’s impossible. Here, you can’t do that because it’s a three-second violation. -via Lakers Nation / June 8, 2025