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'Luka Cold As a M*****F*****': Rap Legend Lil Wayne Changes Opinion on Mavs Star

Lil Wayne had some choice words for Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic after he disposed of the Phoenix Suns in the 2022 NBA Playoffs, but "Tunechi" has since changed his tune.

Dalton Trigg

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During the 2022 NBA playoffs, Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks dismantled Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns en route to a Western Conference Finals appearance. During that series, there was a controversy sparked by legendary rapper Lil Wayne, who tweeted out, "Luka a h*" while the games were still going on.

Wayne joined the "All The Smoke" podcast recently and was asked if he still felt the same way about Doncic now. It's safe to say that "Tunechi" has officially changed his tune.

“No, man. F*** no," Wayne said. "Luka cold as a m*****f*****. Luka cold as a b****. And with that said, when I tweeted that, I was talking about him with all the crying. He done stopped that and worked on that."

When the Mavs ultimately won the series in blowout fashion, owner Mark Cuban quoted Wayne's tweet with a tongue-in-cheek response containing lyrics from one of his songs. Wayne's response to Cuban's tweet was so NSFW that it was eventually deleted, but the two apparently squashed their beef fairly quickly in the next round when Wayne was sitting courtside during one of the Mavs' WCF games against the Golden State Warriors.

Doncic's ball-dominant style of play might not be for everyone, but if the Mavs' front office will do a better job of building the roster around him going forward, we will see the best version of him and the team next year ... and he'll surely start winning over more celebrities like Lil Wayne as well.

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DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.

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