So that the feat of the surprising Dallas Mavericks is consummated with a victory in this season's NBA final, against the historic Boston Celtics, the Texans have the boost of a sixth man: Patrick Mahomes or "the King of comebacks ", as Joe Biden, president of the United States, described it last Friday.
For several years it has been common to see Mahomes, three-time champion and Most Valuable Player of Super Bowls LIV, LVII and LVIII, in the front row of the American Airlines Center, home of the Dallas Mavericks, suffering defeats and celebrating the victories of the equipment.
The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback is a proud Texan who was born and raised in Tyler, Texas.
"I'm like dual; I'm a Texan and a Kansas citizen, without a doubt," said Mahomes at the end of his first season (2017) with the Chiefs, a team in which he has become an NFL legend.
For several years it has been common to see Mahomes, three-time champion and Most Valuable Player of Super Bowls LIV, LVII and LVIII, in the front row of the American Airlines Center, home of the Dallas Mavericks, suffering defeats and celebrating the victories of the equipment.
The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback is a proud Texan who was born and raised in Tyler, Texas.
"I'm like dual; I'm a Texan and a Kansas citizen, without a doubt," said Mahomes at the end of his first season (2017) with the Chiefs, a team in which he has become an NFL legend.
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When the quarterback is not at his home in Cass County, outside Kansas, he moves to his home in Westlake, Texas, a residence located west of Dallas, where his heart has cabinets engraved with the emblems of the favorite teams from your childhood; Cowboys in the NFL, Mavericks in the NBA and Stars in the NHL.
Since his school days at Whitehouse High School in Texas, Patrick Mahomes stood out in baseball; sport in which he could be recruited to the MLB, but he did not want to make the professional leap; basketball and football, in which he was drafted to the NFL Chiefs via the Texas Tech Red Raiders in college.
Despite settling in Kansas, at the slightest opportunity the quarterback takes advantage of his time to attend Stars games, but above all he escapes, along with his wife, Brittany, to support the Mavs.
As his star status grew in the NFL, his closeness with the Dallas quintet grew thanks to his relationship with Mark Cuban, owner of the Mavericks, whom Mahomes says just send a message to secure his place in the first line of the court to see the team.
"It's true, most of the time I just have to text Mark to get the tickets. I've been to a lot of games like that and I've built a great relationship with him," he confessed at the end of a game. the Mavericks against the Raptors, which Mahomes attended in November 2023.
In that game, Marck Cuban went to the court to chat in an endearing way with Mahomes, whom he patted a couple of times on the chest and shook his hand tightly before letting him enjoy the event in which the quarterback and his wife received a jersey with the signature of the Slovenian, Luka Doncic, star of the Mavs.
"I have a great relationship with Luka and some of those guys like Tim Hardaway Jr., and A. J. Lawson. I have the right connections in the Dallas organization to get tickets," the six-time Pro Bowler explained at the time.
Mahomes' passion for the Mavs is reinforced by his admiration for Cuban's way of doing business.
"Mark is someone I watch and learn everything I can from. It's a relationship I hope to maintain as I learn more and more about business," Mahomes said in April 2021.
Learning that he has implemented to acquire a minority stake in the MLB's Kansas City Royals and Hyperice and Whoop, technology companies that integrate athlete performance data.
Starting next Thursday, the Mavericks will start the NBA final series against the Celtics, who are seeking their 18th title, which puts pressure on the agenda of Patrick Mahomes, who will have to attend the mandatory minicamp with the Kansas City Chiefs from the 11th to the 13th. of June.
Although it may sound difficult for him to be present in the entire Texan series, nothing is impossible for "the King of Comebacks."
It doesn't matter if it's about overcoming a deficit in the Super Bowl or sending a message to Marck Cuban to get a seat on the court at the American Airlines Center that allows him to be 'the sixth man' of the Mavs who encourages them to conquer his second Larry O'Brien trophy in NBA history.