Nico Harrison decides to double down on stupid

chilluminati · Post #21 » by **chilluminati** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:03 pm

Ok Nico, defense wins championships, lets ride with that narrative. Since he thinks AD's defense will take this team that was just in the finals to even higher heights, it must mean he thinks they can win now with AD. So do it.

Win a championship, I'm waiting.

DusterBuster · Post #22 » by **DusterBuster** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:04 pm

bisme37 wrote:

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This is chef kiss level bonkers.

Monta never even made an All Star game.

picc · Post #23 » by **picc** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:04 pm

This whole thing is like if Nico was drunk one night and someone bet him he can't bankrupt the Mavericks in a year.

Patches Perry · Post #24 » by **Patches Perry** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:05 pm

Defense wins championships is one of the dumbest basketball slogans that otherwise serious people still say.

sp6r=underrated · Post #25 » by **sp6r=underrated** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:06 pm

Patches Perry wrote:Defense wins championships is one of the dumbest basketball slogans that otherwise serious people still say.

He love Kyrie. I can't conceive of loving defense and being a huge Kyrie fan.

Chuck Everett · Post #26 » by **Chuck Everett** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:06 pm

People still refusing to believe this move came from above his head, I see. Last time I'm gonna say this.

If they traded him anywhere else, I might be willing to cite incompetence here, but you'll never get me to believe this wasn't a League-office induced trade.

LAvision · Post #27 » by **LAvision** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:08 pm

Comparing Luka to Monta Ellis is nasty work.

TheGeneral99 · Post #28 » by **TheGeneral99** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:08 pm

So he's arguing you need defense to win championships, then why did he trade for a notoriously bad defender in Kyrie last year?

Also, how did two below average defenders in Luka and Kyrie lead Dallas to the finals?

sp6r=underrated · Post #29 » by **sp6r=underrated** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:09 pm

DusterBuster wrote:
UcanUwill wrote:What else he suppose to say - Oh guys, I really fed up, I was hammered.

I mean, honestly, I would respect that answer more lol

If he said "look I was hired as GM for connections.I over estimated my ability and did something dumb but there are no time machines in life so we need to make the best of it," I'd be furious if I was a Mavs fan but I'd have more respect.

DKB333 · Post #30 » by **DKB333** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:15 pm

Do you think he would be taking any less heat if the trade was Davis/Reaves both 1st and both swaps for Luka?

Post #31 » by **G R E Y** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:16 pm

Sixers in 4 wrote:Mavs GM Nico Harrison has no regrets about Luka Doncic trade

"There's no regrets on the trade," said Harrison, whose only other media availability since the trade was a brief pregame session the following day in Cleveland. "Part of my job is to do the best thing for the Mavericks, not only today, but also in the future, and some of the decisions I'm going to make are going to be unpopular. That's my job, and I have to stand by it."

"But our philosophy, like I said, going forward is defense wins championships and we're built on defense. And this trade cements us for that."

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/44685264/mavs-gm-nico-harrison-no-regrets-luka-doncic-trade

Cement.

Got that part right lol

Warriors Analyst · Post #32 » by **Warriors Analyst** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:19 pm

Rick Welts making the Bogut/Monta trade comp is… curious. Welts was hired by the Warriors as president after they changed owners. Welts was by all accounts, an excellent executive and even won an award during his tenure. Welts was instrumental in helping the Warriors move from Oakland to San Francisco. Welts is not a bumbling fool. I can’t shake the feeling that Welts’ long-term role with the Mavs will include a move to a new arena.

sp6r=underrated · Post #33 » by **sp6r=underrated** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:22 pm

Warriors Analyst wrote:Rick Welts making the Bogut/Monta trade comp is… curious. Welts was hired by the Warriors as president after they changed owners. Welts was by all accounts, an excellent executive and even won an award during his tenure. Welts was instrumental in helping the Warriors move from Oakland to San Francisco. Welts is not a bumbling fool. I can’t shake the feeling that Welts’ long-term role with the Mavs will include a move to a new arena.

My understanding is Welts is super sharp but he is on the business end but not really a basketball savant. Nor does he think of himself as one (correct me if wrong.) And he was brought on to get the Mavs a stadium.

My guess is he can tell this trade is radioactive for the business and is reaching.

rockmanslim · Post #34 » by **rockmanslim** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:42 pm

picc wrote:This whole thing is like if Nico was drunk one night and someone bet him he can't bankrupt the Mavericks in a year.

For one dollar.

Yoshun · Post #35 » by **Yoshun** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:45 pm

bisme37 wrote:

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You guys don't remember Monta Ellis leading his team to the finals, averaging close to a triple double, and leading the league in Jersey sales all at 25?

scrabbarista · Post #36 » by **scrabbarista** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:58 pm

bisme37 wrote:

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Who can forget when Ellis started his career with five straight All-NBA First Teams. He truly did have it all.

Indomitable · Post #37 » by **Indomitable** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:58 pm

OldSchoolNoBull wrote:

Exactly

Being humble is a lost art.

Xatticus · Post #38 » by **Xatticus** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 9:01 pm

There are a lot of dimwits in NBA management positions. It takes a special sort of stupid to really stand out. Well done, Nico.

Petergrifindor · Post #39 » by **Petergrifindor** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 9:04 pm

When the path ends, idiots keep walking.

scrabbarista · Post #40 » by **scrabbarista** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 9:06 pm

sp6r=underrated wrote:Why does Nico love Kyrie if he's obsessed with defense?

Kyrie is a bad defender.

Because he's lying.