The Mavs fire Nico Harrison 9 months after the trade of Luka Doncic

Nine months have passed since Patrick Dumont and Nico Harrison, owner and general manager of the Dallas Mavericks, carried out one of the most regrettable trades in basketball history: the one involving Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Sporting-wise, everything has been going terribly for them since then, although they had incredible luck in the draft lottery by landing a generational player like Cooper Flagg. However, it seems that not even that has been able to save Harrison in his position.

With the Mavs second to last in the West with 3 wins and 8 losses, the owner couldn't bear the shouts in the arena anymore demanding the inexperienced GM's head, whom he handpicked, sidelining Mark Cuban, the man known at Nike for messing up the signing of Stephen Curry.

Betrayal of Luka Doncic

Driven by ego, they both decided it was best to get rid of Luka Doncic and did so behind the scenes, without auctioning him off, acquiring in return an Anthony Davis who had been plagued by injuries for years in purple and gold and who, oh surprise!, has continued the same trend in Texas.

As reported by Shams Charannia and Tim MacMahon, Dumont is set to oust Harrison at 10 in the morning in Dallas: it's ironic that the chronicle of a foretold death even has its scheduled time. Dumont couldn't take it anymore, and he will be next in the firing line and will still have a few months (or weeks) as a shield for a Jason Kidd who did not object at all to the departure of the man who led him to the NBA Finals a year ago and who isn't exactly shining in Cooper Flagg's early games in the league.

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