Mavs fans ejected for “Fire Nico” signs

[CIN-C-STAR]

Mavs security ejected multiple fans for “Fire Nico” signs, which security said was “derogatory”.
Another was ejected for wearing a shirt depicting owner Miriam Adelson with a clown nose on.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/43790513/fans-break-nba-code-conduct-ejected-mavericks-loss

Seems incredibly soft to me, and not likely to bring upset fans back in.
Feels like the wealthy and powerful feel more entitled to be shielded from any criticism these days. Fans pay for their tickets, let them express their pleasure or displeasure as long as it’s not obscene or threatening.
There were 1,000 fans protesting outside the game against Houston on Saturday btw. You’d think the team would be more worried about getting fans back on board than protecting their own feelings.

Respect to Kyrie and Klay however, who both said they completely understood the fans frustration.
From Klay:
“It's not our job to get deflated because people are upset. Our job is to convince them that there's really great days ahead, not just for this year but for the next few years.
I mean, people are going to say stuff, and that's understandable. I was a fan, still a fan. If I didn't agree with a trade, I'd probably voice my opinion too. That's the beauty of sports. You go there to yell and be rambunctious sometimes."

[Swish1906]

„Alexa, how to destroy everything Dirk built in 21 years for a former irrelevant franchise“

[rockmanslim]

He said rambunctious

[NyKnicks1714]

He said rambunctious

Klay been watching Knicks games on League Pass

[robbie84]

Wow absolutely disgusting. This is Soviet Russia behaviour.
The media needs to go after the Mavs over this. Get a crowd chant screaming 'FIRE NICO, F,#* NICO' and see if they can boot the whole crowd out.
Complete scum.

[CIN-C-STAR]

Wow absolutely disgusting. This is Soviet Russia behaviour.
The media needs to go after the Mavs over this. Get a crowd chant screaming 'FIRE NICO, F,#* NICO' and see if they can boot the whole crowd out.
Complete scum.

Or how about no one goes to a game and they have to play in an empty arena.
Can you imagine how embarrassing that would be?

[Mavrelous]

A fan wrote this article and described it beautifully
https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2025/2/11/24363253/the-dallas-mavericks-are-a-full-fledged-totalitarian-regime-at-this-point

[Billl]

I mean, I get why the team doesn't want a bunch of anti-team signs being shown on tv during games. It's directed at management right now, but there are always a certain number of fans upset with the coach or a particular player. You can see why the organization wouldn't want personal criticisms of anyone in the org displayed like that.

eg with Kyrie and some of the crazy stuff he has said, there were some rabbi's holding up "I'm a jew and I'm proud" signs at a road game in utah. Utah security had the signs removed. And it wasn't even their player.

[Snakebites]

Yes, surely this move will help temper fan backlash.

Won’t make it even worse or anything…

[Lalouie]

just one bad move after another

[bstein14]

Pistons had "sell the team" chants last year during the 28 game losing streak. They probably would have had to kick out all 700 of the fans in the building if they were getting rid of people chanting something negative about the owner/manager.

[NyKnicks1714]

They even kicked out a fan for yelling it while on the jumbotron

[Archx]

They should all start wearing Lakers Luka jerseys to the game. That would be something.

[Snakebites]

Pistons had "sell the team" chants last year during the 28 game losing streak. They probably would have had to kick out all 700 of the fans in the building if they were getting rid of people chanting something negative about the owner/manager.

To be fair our GM also had an altercation with a fan. We weren’t exactly the picture of how to handle this either.

[kazyv]

I hope some fans smuggle in beach balloons with fire nico on them, so the crowd can play keep away from the security once they try to confiscate them.

[LuDux1]

Correct decision, those people were sent by leBron...(LeBron sabotage)

[Jasen777]

I mean, I get why the team doesn't want a bunch of anti-team signs being shown on tv during games. It's directed at management right now, but there are always a certain number of fans upset with the coach or a particular player. You can see why the organization wouldn't want personal criticisms of anyone in the org displayed like that.

eg with Kyrie and some of the crazy stuff he has said, there were some rabbi's holding up "I'm a jew and I'm proud" signs at a road game in utah. Utah security had the signs removed. And it wasn't even their player.

There's a line but signs saying fire the GM isn't it.

[Jasen777]

They should all start wearing Lakers Luka jerseys to the game. That would be something.

Slovenian team jersey.

[Damkac]

This team is a joke. I feel sorry for everyone in Dallas. You deserve better.

[zeebneeb]

Employee-"Sir, customers hate what we have done, and are doing. Some are even protesting."

Owner-"Do more of what they hate, and release the hounds."


Who the **** owns the Mavs now? Mr. Burns?