When asked (video link) whether Luka Doncic has enough talent surrounding him to win a championship, the Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban suggested the team already has the pieces in place to accomplish that goal.

“We hadn’t been out of the first round in ten years and so a lot of it was execution and talking to our guys during the series, that was the thing that kept coming up,” he said of the Western Conference Finals matchup against the Warriors (hat tip to Johnny Askounis of Eurohoops.net). “.. So I think for us it’s not so much we need that second star or whatever, it’s more, let’s just get some time and experience in crunch time situations in the playoffs and that will pay off.”