The Dallas Morning News
Dallas Mavericks general manager Donnie Nelson talks head coach Rick Carlisle before addressing the media as the team conducts exit interviews at American Airlines Center on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, in Dallas. Members of team met with reporters on the day after a loss to Oklahoma City in the first round of the NBA payoffs ended their season. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News)
Minutes after the Mavericks’ season ended, in the bowels of Chesapeake Energy Arena, Donnie Nelson stood with a pained look on his face.
Not so much because his team had been booted from the playoffs in five games by Oklahoma City, although that was part of it.