11-14-2025, 05:58 PM
(11-14-2025, 02:40 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: He was hired here, not to actually be a GM, because Cuban's plan was to keep doing that, but to establish a connection between the Mavericks and the modern African American athlete pipeline. And, that part worked. Harrison is well-liked in many circles, so it doesn't surprise me that people are going out of their way to defend him. He's their pal, after all. That's what Cuban liked when he hired the guy.
Honestly, going back to the Donnie Nelson exit and examining the chain of events from then until now with the benefit of hindsight, what's really fascinating is how specifically all of the variables fell into place to make the current hell a reality.
I know Cuban was hands on at that time, but I believe Nico's title was General Manager and President of Basketball Operations. I'm not going to argue against the point that Cuban was hands on of course.
But Nico had all the power, except that he needed a "yes" from the ownership, when he made the Luka trade.
I get that Nico has a lot of friends in the NBA. I thought about that regarding this topic. I guess I may falsely expect people to relay the facts at rather than misrepresent to protect friend. Factually speaking, this trade was Nico's baby. You don't even have to say anything bad about Nico just report, "Nico got fired by the fans for trading Luka."
Last thing. None of the handful of national talking heads that have called Nico the scapegoat, that I have heard, have said anything about the "fire Nico" chants from the fans. And they've said nothing about the fans being upset with ownership as well.
The reporting may be based on "he's my dude," but it's still make believe.
Not very astute ^^^^