After a disappointing end to the season, the Dallas Mavericks fear Luka Doncic could try to find a way out of town if the franchise can’t build a championship contender in the next year.

ESPN’s Tim MacMahon reported Saturday that Doncic may request a trade as soon as summer 2024 if the team “doesn’t make significant progress by then.”

The 24-year-old Slovenian superstar has “publicly and privately expressed extreme frustration” during the Mavericks’ lackluster 2022-23 campaign, according to MacMahon.

“He’d like to be here the whole time,” Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said this week of Doncic’s long-term prospects with the team. “But we’ve got to earn that.”

Doncic is finishing up the first year of a five-year, $215 million contract that takes him through the 2026-27 season.