Nico Harrison decides to double down on stupid

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OMG dude. just stop talking. Stop stop stop stop

Taking it a little out of context but could had been better choice of words.

What do people expect him to say? "It may look like a bad trade right now but consider we get Cooper Flagg from the league office with Davis. This organization is set for the present and future"

I heard the whole context. My point stands.

Also who could have predicted an AD injury. I mean it's totally unforeseeable. Can he trade all of his assets for Embiid so if he suffers another completely unforeseeable injury he isn't on the Sixers?

Not to mention they traded Grimes for Martin. Initially I didn't kill him for the trade thought it was fair until it was known he was damaged goods. Like why complete the trade. As a sixer fan thank you but as a NBA fan what are you doing? Martin played 14 games and was a complete nonfactor. Seems like the Mavs could have used Grimes much more

[KirkHinrich12]

Nico needs to stop opening his mouth. Brutal!

[Johnston797]

As an OKC fan, I thank Nico from the bottom of my heart. This has nothing to do with our 2028 unprotected pick swap with Dallas, no sir.

Forget that. Dallas eliminated OKC last year and somehow managed to beat them 3x this year. OKC would still have been a paper favorite over Dallas, but man is that a team you should be glad isn't in the bracket this year to possibly wreck a historic season.

Thunder was 1-3 vs. Mavs but only -2 on the season. Plus were missing chet/Hartenstein in all 3 games. They played to a points differencial draw last year in the players and OKC replaced Giddey and Haywood with Caruso and Hartenstein. Mavs added some talent too but OKC core being younger improved quite a bit too.

So yea Nico destroyed the team with the 2nd highest ceiling in the West, but I really like OKC's chances had there been a rematch. Much more than a paper favorite.

[DusterBuster]

Taking it a little out of context but could had been better choice of words.

What do people expect him to say? "It may look like a bad trade right now but consider we get Cooper Flagg from the league office with Davis. This organization is set for the present and future"

I heard the whole context. My point stands.

Also who could have predicted an AD injury. I mean it's totally unforeseeable. Can he trade all of his assets for Embiid so if he suffers another completely unforeseeable injury he isn't on the Sixers?

Not to mention they traded Grimes for Martin. Initially I didn't kill him for the trade thought it was fair until it was known he was damaged goods. Like why complete the trade. As a sixer fan thank you but as a NBA fan what are you doing? Martin played 14 games and was a complete nonfactor. Seems like the Mavs could have used Grimes much more

The absolute blind spot to any injuries is just wild for the latest iteration of the Mavericks. Their head of strength and conditioning isn’t even NBA certified. The league allowed him a year to run the department uncertified - assuming he will get it by next season I guess? Nico fired almost all the strength and conditioning staff to hire his own - wildly unqualified - team.

[lethalizer]

As an OKC fan, I thank Nico from the bottom of my heart. This has nothing to do with our 2028 unprotected pick swap with Dallas, no sir.

Forget that. Dallas eliminated OKC last year and somehow managed to beat them 3x this year. OKC would still have been a paper favorite over Dallas, but man is that a team you should be glad isn't in the bracket this year to possibly wreck a historic season.

All the three losses came without Chet and Hartenstein tbh.

I had this argument in another thread, it's hard to take any data from those games seriously. But yeah, that's an added bonus too.

[Slot Machine]

The more this moron talks, the more I start to think he's not as dumb as he sounds. There has to be some sort of book/movie deal he signed that will come from all of this. Every time he talks about it, another chapter gets added to his legacy. A story will be made out of this one day, and he will get paid. Any attention is good attention these days.

Nah, he is actually that stupid. The old adage You can educate a fool, but all you'll end up with is an educated fool applies. We went through the same thing with BC. He probably went to all the best schools, knows how to corporate speak to get into these positions, but when it came to making actual decisions, he was in the case of BC an idiot.

Nico Harrison seems like a similar guy eventhough his background is very different. He's so high on his own oxygen he doesn't realize that no noone outside of a corporate environment cares how he talks; as fans, all we care about are the decisions he makes. The problem is Harrison still thinks he is the smartest person in the room and is just starting to figure out that outside of the Mavs organization bubble, the rest of the world thinks he is an idiot.

I understand your point and largely agree but man, Nico doesn’t even speak well. He sounds like a complete moron when speaking to the press and explaining his reasoning. He doesn’t even speak confidently or strongly (content aside). I’m truly baffled how this guy climbed the corporate ladder to this extent at Nike and for the Mavs. Very strange.

Edit: And BC we can at least explain away with nepotism.

[TheAlchemist]

I don't think it was bad what he said in the confrence.

He said he knew that Luka meant a lot to the fanbase, he didn't know that Luka would mean this much.

But what he fails to see is, not that LUKA meant this much, but the RETURN on the trade. An extremely injury prone, old player in his 30's, for the face of the league that's 25.

If lets say Dallas got a substantial return back, 2 young allstar players, for Luka, fans would be quite different in reaction.

But he got an injured old player who's really not worth it. And that in itself shows how disconnected to reality Nico is.

[Texas Chuck]

As an OKC fan, I thank Nico from the bottom of my heart. This has nothing to do with our 2028 unprotected pick swap with Dallas, no sir.

Forget that. Dallas eliminated OKC last year and somehow managed to beat them 3x this year. OKC would still have been a paper favorite over Dallas, but man is that a team you should be glad isn't in the bracket this year to possibly wreck a historic season.

Thunder was 1-3 vs. Mavs but only -2 on the season. Plus were missing chet/Hartenstein in all 3 games. They played to a points differencial draw last year in the players and OKC replaced Giddey and Haywood with Caruso and Hartenstein. Mavs added some talent too but OKC core being younger improved quite a bit too.

So yea Nico destroyed the team with the 2nd highest ceiling in the West, but I really like OKC's chances had there been a rematch. Much more than a paper favorite.

By paper favorite I'm not trying to be dismissive of OKC. By any measure a much better team than a theoretical healthy Mavs team with Luka. But matchups matter. I remember when the little Mavs won 67 games in a regular season and lost 19 games total that year, 8 of them to the We Believe Warriors. 11 to all other teams combined.

I don't think Dallas beats OKC in a series with Luka this year. I think OKC is a legit juggernaut. But if you have the option to avoid a team thats had your number and has a proven playoff killer in Luka, yeah I think they don't mind Dallas unnecessarily breaking up their team.

Thats all I'm saying. not that Dallas was remotely on OKC's level this year. It might well have been just like 11-12 where Dallas caught them a year early in the run to the title, but the next year were little more than a speed up to the Thunder in their run to the Finals. Though I think this version of Dallas with Luka better than a Dallas team without Tyson and Barea and Butler and with everyone else a year older.

[boogiezen]

Dude blamed the injuries this season for Dallas' woes when in fact, he contributed to this situation by hiring his own unqualified medical staff and firing the original medical team, which had done a lot for the franchise AND he still has a job!!! Poverty franchise.

[FarBeyondDriven]

really feel for the guy. The trade is forced on him and he's got to defend it against the world while facing ridicule from all angles.

[jym85]

really feel for the guy. The trade is forced on him and he's got to defend it against the world while facing ridicule from all angles.

By Silver?
Because Dumont's dumbass isn't forcing anyone to do anything

[Ryoga Hibiki]

The more this moron talks, the more I start to think he's not as dumb as he sounds. There has to be some sort of book/movie deal he signed that will come from all of this. Every time he talks about it, another chapter gets added to his legacy. A story will be made out of this one day, and he will get paid. Any attention is good attention these days.

I always say that this is a subset of the Occam's razor, but actually even more powerful

[AussieCeltic]

This guy….

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[MavsDirk41]

Nico needs to stop opening his mouth. Brutal!

This. That press conference made him look even more incompetent which i didnt think was possible.

[Rendei]

The more this moron talks, the more I start to think he's not as dumb as he sounds. There has to be some sort of book/movie deal he signed that will come from all of this. Every time he talks about it, another chapter gets added to his legacy. A story will be made out of this one day, and he will get paid. Any attention is good attention these days.

I always say that this is a subset of the Occam's razor, but actually even more powerful

Nobody is attributing any of this to malice. Greed is the answer.

[Swish1906]

I don't think it was bad what he said in the confrence.

He said he knew that Luka meant a lot to the fanbase, he didn't know that Luka would mean this much.

But what he fails to see is, not that LUKA meant this much, but the RETURN on the trade. An extremely injury prone, old player in his 30's, for the face of the league that's 25.

If lets say Dallas got a substantial return back, 2 young allstar players, for Luka, fans would be quite different in reaction.

But he got an injured old player who's really not worth it. And that in itself shows how disconnected to reality Nico is.

No, the fans would not react quite different. You also don’t understand Dallas.

The Mavs fan picked Luka to be their guy to get them a trophy. They adopted him. The same they adopted Dirk and never wanted him to be traded, even after 2007 when every „expert“ yelled that Irk is a loser who can’t get the job done.

Nico not understanding this after years in the franchise means he is really dumb. Same with Dumont.

There was no „good“ trade for Luka for 99% of the fans.

[TimberKat]

Sounds like from the McMahon article the fallout is mainly on how Luka handles rehab vs how the team wanted. Isn't that the same thing happen with Kawhi in SAS? Still should had waited until off season. I really hate to think anyone is so ignorant to think trading Luka for Davis+scrap could sit well with the fan base. I still haven't heard anything that make sense of the situation. May have to wait another 30 years to find out.

[Jasen777]

No, the fans would not react quite different. You also don’t understand Dallas.

The Mavs fan picked Luka to be their guy to get them a trophy. They adopted him. The same they adopted Dirk and never wanted him to be traded, even after 2007 when every „expert“ yelled that Irk is a loser who can’t get the job done.

Nico not understanding this after years in the franchise means he is really dumb. Same with Dumont.

There was no „good“ trade for Luka for 99% of the fans.

The national reaction would be different, Nico and the team wouldn't be getting piled on nearly as much. And that reaction has probably fed back into the local reaction and made it even worse. An issue though is that a "win now" return for a 26 year old superstar that your team has been built around is just about impossible.

[Mr B]

As an OKC fan, I thank Nico from the bottom of my heart. This has nothing to do with our 2028 unprotected pick swap with Dallas, no sir.

Forget that. Dallas eliminated OKC last year and somehow managed to beat them 3x this year. OKC would still have been a paper favorite over Dallas, but man is that a team you should be glad isn't in the bracket this year to possibly wreck a historic season.

And the 3 times they beat OKC it was without Luka I believe.

[Calvin Klein]

Lakers getting away blame free while all the attention is on Nico Harrison (deserved). But the fact that Pelinka and him are close old friends seems to be lost by most people. Always the Lakers....