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'I Hate This S---': Luka Doncic Wears Custom Eagles Jersey After Losing Bet to Jalen Brunson

"JB Son" — also known as Luka Doncic — and the Dallas Mavericks arrive in New York to take on former teammate Jalen Brunson and the Knicks on Saturday.

Michael Mulford

The Dallas Mavericks take on the New York Knicks for the first time this season on Saturday afternoon, which means it's the first time that Jalen Brunson will play against his former team.

Brunson opted to sign with New York in the offseason in order to have a bigger role and be closer to numerous family connections within the Knicks organization. His father, Rick Brunson, was named an assistant coach on Tom Thibodeau's staff well before free agency began.

However, just because Brunson is no longer a Maverick doesn't mean he can't still have some fun with his former teammates.

As the Mavericks arrived at Madison Square Garden on Saturday morning, Luka Doncic was seen sporting a Philadelphia Eagles jersey with "JB Son" on the back, which can only mean that he lost a bet to his old friend Brunson when the Dallas Cowboys lost to the Eagles earlier this season.

"I hate this shit," Doncic said, as he requested no photo evidence from the media as he and the Mavericks arrived at MSG on Saturday.

Throughout their four years together in Dallas, Doncic and Brunson had a good relationship on and off the court as they joked plenty and made friendly wagers whenever Brunson's Eagles took on Doncic's adopted Cowboys. 

Although Doncic got the bad end of the deal this time around, at least he hasn’t gotten the same spotlight Brunson got — at least yet — when he was forced to wear a custom Cowboys jersey saying “Luka’s Son.”

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Michael Mulford
MICHAEL MULFORD

Michael Mulford is a writer/editor for Dallas Basketball, where he extensively covers the Dallas Mavericks. He also covers the Chicago Bulls as the Managing Editor for Bulls Wire of USA Today Sports Media Group. Mulford grew up in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and graduated from the University of North Texas in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in Recreation, Event, and Sports Management. He began his pursuit of sports writing in 2017 with Dallas Sports Fanatic, where he covered the Mavericks’ G League affiliate, Texas Legends. He then became the Managing Editor of Dallas Sports Fanatic just one year later and has covered the Mavericks as a credentialed media member since 2018, including covering numerous playoff games between 2021-22 and covering the team at NBA Summer League in Las Vegas in 2019. In his time covering the Mavericks, Mulford has conducted numerous interviews for exclusive stories including with Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki, former Maverick and current VP of Basketball Ops Michael Finley, former Mavericks GM Donnie Nelson, and more. You can follow and interact with Mulford on Twitter at @TheMulf.

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