Mavs weigh Nico's Future

[Ssj16]

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/282706/Mavericks-Weighing-Future-Of-Nico-Harrison-Amid-Continued-Luka-Doncic-Fallout

All I can say is lol. But I truly feel bad for the Mav fans.

[LarsV8]

Its moments like these where you just sit back and ask, like what series of events could have possibly happened...to make this real life.

How do people lacking even the most basic common sense stumble into the positions to be able to make these decisions.

[Maxthirty]

Are we still focusing on the fall guy?

[MrGoat]

I asked a friend who works for the Mavericks about Nico Harrison and he thought Nico's job isn't going to make it to Christmas. Stein's one of if not the best source for Mavs news so I think it's very likely that Nico's seat is on fire right now

The ownership is hesitating to do it already because it reflects poorly on them too but Nico knew what he was doing ever since Adam Silver darkened the Mavs' doorstep with a mole hire and the fan backlash isn't dying down even though the NBA had Ernst and Young shift the ping pong balls in their favor in last draft

They have to fire Nico, the team needs to hit the reset button and blow it up but Nico can't justify doing that after putting his name on such a catastrophic trade because it would be admitting defeat

[Sgt Major]

I've never felt sad for any fanbase. Injuries happen, trajectory-changing misses happen, that's all part of the sports, including bad trades that we all know about.

But this was either an astounding, never seen level of gross-incompetence and delusion or personal hatred, with the later being the more believable reason. Mind-boggling stuff that ruined a great franchise, made one of two its best players in history cry for days and destroyed fandom of so many people. Just devastating.

[M2J]

Are we still focusing on the fall guy?

Seriously is ridiculous. Seems like local media using the losing to push the agenda to fire that guy. First it was the lack of bringing in a ball handler aside from Cooper ... When he brought in further all star 29 year old pg with Kyrie returning.

Dumont traded Luka... Cuban basically confirmed that. Harrison has had a successful tenure overall. Built a great young core already if things don't work out with Flagg Lively and Christie as proven talents.

AD returns likely next week. Their other centers have been out. Chill Dallas

[Dan Z]

Its moments like these where you just sit back and ask, like what series of events could have possibly happened...to make this real life.

How do people lacking even the most basic common sense stumble into the positions to be able to make these decisions.

I thought ownership had him trade Luka...? Or at least okayed the trade?

If not, then he should've been fired a long time ago.

[Mavrelous]

Its moments like these where you just sit back and ask, like what series of events could have possibly happened...to make this real life.

How do people lacking even the most basic common sense stumble into the positions to be able to make these decisions.

I thought ownership had him trade Luka...? Or at least okayed the trade?

If not, then he should've been fired a long time ago.

I want to believe that he was forced, but he did a lot of ground work as a preparation for the trade by stripping away every Luka ally in the the org before finally doing it, this was premeditated.

[MrGoat]

It's the middle of the night right now, perfect time to fire Nico

[UcanUwill]

Its moments like these where you just sit back and ask, like what series of events could have possibly happened...to make this real life.

How do people lacking even the most basic common sense stumble into the positions to be able to make these decisions.

I thought ownership had him trade Luka...? Or at least okayed the trade?

If not, then he should've been fired a long time ago.

Well of course they ok'ed the trade, ownership must approve every trade. But if you are respected GM and ownership comes to you with request to make this trade, you resign, plain and simple. I have zero empathy to Nico is some kind of fall guy, he knew what he was doing. Even if owners wanted to trade Luka, his job is to find a good trade. It is Luka Doncic who was 25 years old coming from finals appearance, and he traded him for older AD and some scraps, it is worst trade of all time for a reason, pure insanity return, charity for the Lakers.

[Dan Z]

Its moments like these where you just sit back and ask, like what series of events could have possibly happened...to make this real life.

How do people lacking even the most basic common sense stumble into the positions to be able to make these decisions.

I thought ownership had him trade Luka...? Or at least okayed the trade?

If not, then he should've been fired a long time ago.

Well of course they ok'ed the trade, ownership must approve every trade. But if you are respected GM and ownership comes to you with request to make this trade, you resign, plain and simple. I have zero empathy to Nico is some kind of fall guy, he knew what he was doing. Even if owners wanted to trade Luka, his job is to find a good trade. It is Luka Doncic who was 25 years old coming from finals appearance, and he traded him for older AD and some scraps, it is worst trade of all time for a reason, pure insanity return, charity for the Lakers.

I haven't done enough research on this, but it seems odd because I agree with you. Why not get the best deal possible? That is, if you absolutely have to trade Luka.

By best deal I mean let the league know he's available and look at all the offers. Then make a decision.

[MrGoat]

Are we still focusing on the fall guy?

Seriously is ridiculous. Seems like local media using the losing to push the agenda to fire that guy. First it was the lack of bringing in a ball handler aside from Cooper ... When he brought in further all star 29 year old pg with Kyrie returning.

Dumont traded Luka... Cuban basically confirmed that. Harrison has had a successful tenure overall. Built a great young core already if things don't work out with Flagg Lively and Christie as proven talents.

AD returns likely next week. Their other centers have been out. Chill Dallas

Dumb take. The team even sucked with AD, gave the Wizards their only win with him and looked better against the decimated Pacers after he went down in the 1st quarter. The team's going nowhere. Dumont signed off on the trade but he doesn't know anything about basketball and the new evil ownership family in general doesn't care about basketball, Dumont used Shaq as an example of a player with great work ethic when Nico was doing his smear campaign against Luka after the trade and shut up after that because it was such a ridiculous take it exposed how little he knew about basketball and he was just taking Nico's word for it. And Nico could have gotten much better value in the trade if he wanted to, Nico should have been fired already

Fall guy or not (and I think he was Silver's mole all along) Nico has to go. The team clearly needs to hit the reset button and they'll never be able to trade AD for assets before he gets a serious injury with Nico at the helm because it would make him look even worse

[Mavrelous]

The injury excuse isn't valid, and should be shut down if ever brought up.
Kyrie was known to be injured since last year, and he had a full off season and plethora of trade pieces to fill any void he though was there, Mavs were 1-3 with AD, his "big lineup" couldn't stay on the floor, and Kidd was forced to stagger Lively and AD, because the team was dysfunctional with both of them on the floor, the 1-3 record included a loss to the Wizards at home (where AD's man, Keyshaun George, went for 34), and blow out loss to the Spurs, and the team was losing to the Pacers when he went down, and managed to win in his absence.
Mavs also had a cupcake schedule to start the season.

In the 23/24 season, Mavs 2 starters, Kyrie and Lively, missed 20+ games each, and their 2 main back ups, Exum and Kleber missed 20+ and 30+ games, that was before the deadline when the team got PJ and Gafford, Luka carried that sorry roster to 26-22, and had them in position to make a PO push when everyone got healthy.
Nico saw that, and decided to trade the guy that did this for Davis, who singlehandedly tanked Lakers 21 and 22 seasons, and came just in time to tank Mavs 25 season.

[doogie_hauser]

After the Mavs fire Nico, I feel like he will be blacklisted from ever working in any other organisation/franchise in the NBA, which i think is somewhat unfair.

[slicedbread2]

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I loved how in depth this video went regarding Luka and ultimately the blame lies with Nico de Gallo as he deliberately did everything he could to make Luka's life a living hell and then stabbed him in the back. He's a snake in the grass who manipulated ownership into thinking he knows basketball when in reality he's a glorified snake oil salesman. Funny that Mark Cuban brought him in and watched as he lost a power struggle to Nico. The owners could care less.

It also went into further depth about everything else the Mavs did such as not learning from Cleveland squandering LBJ's talent during his first stint there and repeating those mistakes.

I feel for Cooper Flagg as he deserves better than being thrown into this dumpster fire of a situation. If anything, I can see the NBA stepping in to give Dallas a top 3 pick this year and then a top 2 pick in 27(Charlotte owns the pick but it's only top 2 protected). To see the franchise that was built around Dirk being reduced to rubbish is hard to watch.

[Chuck Everett]

Are we still focusing on the fall guy?

Exactly. The owners (who greenlit the trade) are still there. The Adelsons should sell the team and get out of the NBA. That's the only way to get Mavs fans back.

[Ryoga Hibiki]

Are we still focusing on the fall guy?

Seriously is ridiculous. Seems like local media using the losing to push the agenda to fire that guy. First it was the lack of bringing in a ball handler aside from Cooper ... When he brought in further all star 29 year old pg with Kyrie returning.

Dumont traded Luka... Cuban basically confirmed that. Harrison has had a successful tenure overall. Built a great young core already if things don't work out with Flagg Lively and Christie as proven talents.

AD returns likely next week. Their other centers have been out. Chill Dallas

I don't understand why people must believe in weird and complex conspiracies when there's such a simple and obvious explanation.
Of course Dumont had to approve the trade, but something like this could only come from Nico, originally.

[Kilo]

...To be hired by the Lakers the next day.

[Astaluego]

I'm sorry, but I don't believe Nico is the main culprit and interested party in changing Luka... especially since he was the architect of building a team tailored to his needs, with excellent results... only to destroy everything he had created a few months later and become the most hated person by any Dallas fan.

[Sgt Major]

After the Mavs fire Nico, I feel like he will be blacklisted from ever working in any other organisation/franchise in the NBA, which i think is somewhat unfair.

Agreed, I would like to see him working for the Lakers.

Fingers crossed!