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The Dallas Mavericks fans are still up in arms about the team trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, and they’re still giving Nico Harrison a hard time. The “Fire Nico” chants were at an all-time high during the Mavericks and Lakers game, and they can be heard from all over the arena. During […]

Luka Doncic returned to Dallas for the first time since he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, and it was an emotional night in the arena. From the beginning, the Mavericks had a tribute video for Doncic, and you could see the tears in his eyes as he watched the fans show him love. […]

Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison surfaced as the most jeered individual on Wednesday. Even on a night the Los Angeles Lakers pulled into American Airlines Arena. Harrison observed an emotional Luka Doncic from afar. The Mavericks GM watched the powerful Doncic video tribute from near a tunnel exit. Mavs fans, however, clearly spotted him. […]

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks are hosting Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night. Since Doncic was traded to the Lakers, Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison and team owner Patrick Dumont have received backlash from fans. Mavs head coach Jason Kidd is not giving up on them, though, telling reporters before Wednesday’s […]

The Dallas Mavericks witnessed the emotions run high before opening tip on Wednesday night. The Los Angeles Lakers were in town – and brought past beloved Mavs star Luka Doncic in tow. But his return left many watching the game wondering, where is general manager Nico Harrison in all this? Many fans, including television cameras, […]

The Dallas Mavericks’ chicken will finally come to roost when Luka Dončić strides into the Dallas Mavericks American Airline Center as a Los Angeles Laker on Wednesday evening. For faithful Mavericks fans, it will be a bittersweet affair.  Dončić, 25, was a franchise cornerstone who led the Mavericks to an NBA Finals berth less than […]

The NBA world was in utter disbelief when the Dallas Mavericks traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in early February. GM Nico Harrison has caught a lot of flak for the blockbuster deal considering Luka was their franchise player who just took them to the NBA Finals less than a year ago. Well, […]

As the Dallas Mavericks play the Los Angeles Lakers and Luka Doncic in his return to the city, some are wondering if the team will welcome back the star. While the Mavericks were wrestling with how to do it, there were a lot of ideas that some from Doncic’s camp were even shot down. ESPN’s […]

The Dallas Mavericks are reportedly deliberating how best to recognize Luka Doncic ahead of his highly anticipated return to Dallas on Wednesday night, according to The Stein Line’s Marc Stein. Doncic, who the team traded to the Los Angeles Lakers on February 2 in a blockbuster deal, now prepares to face his former team for […]

The Dallas Mavericks have yet to recover from the shocking Luka Doncic trade, and it certainly doesn’t help that the team is struggling for play-in positioning after reaching the NBA Finals a season ago. While many things have been writing attempting to understand the Mavericks rationale for the trade, one big reason appears to be […]

While the day-to-day analysis of the Luka Doncic trade has largely subsided, with the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks set to meet in Dallas for the first time since the controversial deal, we’re about to hear a lot more about it again. On Wednesday, Doncic will return to Dallas, where he played the first […]

While the Dallas Mavericks trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers has been heradled by many as a massive mistake, one who agrees that there was a lack of understanding is former owner Mark Cuban. While the new Mavericks owner in Patrick Dumont takes after Cuban, the latter still gave his thoughts on the […]

There is no doubt that Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison has been ridiculed for the trade that sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers which involved the team receiving Anthony Davis. With the Mavericks newcomer in Davis experiencing issues with injuries among other aspects to this season, there are some that question if […]

Fans of the Dallas Mavericks don’t believe that “all is forgiven.” Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison has fallen victim to their ire as the Mavericks are still dazed by the Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade. Before Monday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets, a fan was caught yelling at Harrison, shouting, “Fire Nico,” per @MVPLuka77 on X. […]

Opening Day at Globe Life Field is usually all about the Texas Rangers — especially fresh off a strong Spring Training. But on March 27th, just as the 2025 season was kicking off, a new chant rang out from the stands, one that had nothing to do with baseball. “Fire Nico!” fans yelled, loud enough […]

Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison has been under fire as of late, especially after making a controversial move at this year’s trade deadline. In the eyes of many Mavs fans, this has got to be one of the worst moves ever committed by a general manager. Here is a look at Nico Harrison’s 10 […]

Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison has not gotten a lot of praise since trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis, but at least one former NBA player is ready to give Harrison some props. Since executing one of the most unanimously maligned trades in NBA history, Harrison has become the […]

This has been a season of torment for the Dallas Mavericks and their fans. Aside from the Dallas faithful having to cope with the reality that Nico Harrison and the Mavs traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, these fans then suffered through seeing Anthony Davis suffer an injury in his first game with […]

If you had to pinpoint two organizations that severely underperformed expectations this season, the Philadelphia 76ers and Dallas Mavericks would immediately come to mind. Between injury concerns for the Sixers and disastrous trades made by the Mavs, these two teams have seen their respective seasons freefall. At the same time, they could be connected for […]

DALLAS — The Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Dallas Mavericks by a final score of 130-125 on Sunday afternoon. It was a back-and-forth contest for most of the affair, but Philadelphia began to take control late in the third quarter and did not look back. During the game, a fan shouted “fire Nico” loudly while PJ […]

Has this past month for the Dallas Mavericks been the worst month any team in NBA history has ever experienced? Between Luka Doncic being traded, Daniel Gafford suffering a sprained MCL, Anthony Davis getting injured in his first game with the team, and Kyrie Irving tearing his ACL, nobody has it worse than the Mavericks […]

The Dallas Mavericks’ season has fallen apart in just over a month, and now, one NBA insider is suggesting the team trade Anthony Davis, the biggest piece in the Luka Doncic trade, without ever playing another game for the Mavs. When Nico Harrison pulled the proverbial trigger on the highly ridiculed trade that sent Luka […]

The worst-case scenario for the Dallas Mavericks has come to fruition. On Tuesday morning, it was announced that star guard Kyrie Irving was going to miss the rest of the season — and the foreseeable future — after sustaining a torn ACL on Monday night during their blowout loss to the Sacramento Kings. The hits […]

The Dallas Mavericks turned heads before the trade deadline after general manager Nico Harrison traded superstar Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers. Now, a month later, Kyrie Irving has suffered a torn ACL and is out for the season. Meanwhile, newly acquired Anthony Davis’s return to the lineup hangs in the balance due to […]

On Tuesday, the Dallas Mavericks’ 2024-25 season for all intents and purposes came to an end when it was reported by ESPN’s Shams Charania that point guard Kyrie Irving had torn his ACL, sidelining him for the rest of the year. The injury occurred during the Mavericks’ home loss to the Sacramento Kings on Monday […]

When Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving took the Dallas Mavericks to the 2024 NBA Finals, it seemed like this team was set to be the league’s next contending threat for many years to come. Not even a year later, Nico Harrison and the Mavs face a scenario where their championship window has effectively closed, something […]

At 9:12 PM PST, Feb. 1, Shams Charania of ESPN fired off a tweet that sent shockwaves throughout the NBA. Luka Doncic was heading to the Los Angeles Lakers and Anthony Davis was traded to the Dallas Mavericks. Hilariously, four minutes later, Charania sent another tweet, declaring that the trade was indeed “real,” which only […]

The fallout from the massive Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade is still taking place, which puts into perspective just how big of a deal that it was. The Mavericks acted quickly and quietly to move off of their young superstar in favor of a defensive anchor in the middle. One of the biggest questions that remained […]

Did LeBron James really leave the Miami Heat over a cookie?! If the story Dwyane Wade recently shared on the Underground Lounge podcast is true, it sure sounds like it. And if so, that would go down as an even bigger NBA food-shaming scandal than the one Nico Harrison is currently in for trading Luka […]

To say Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison has been maligned since trading superstar Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers earlier this month would be a massive understatement. And when the Lakers and Mavericks met for the first time, Laker Nation did not let Harrison forget about it. Harrison was in attendance for Tuesday […]

As Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic faced his former team the Dallas Mavericks, winning 107-99, it was no doubt an emotional moment for the 25-year-old. While people have created the narrative of a feud between Doncic and Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst has an interesting story that happened pregame about the […]

New Los Angeles Lakers superstar Luka Doncic got his first chance for revenge against the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night, and he took full advantage. Doncic posted his first triple-double as a Laker, helping lead Los Angeles to a 107-99 win over his old team. Tuesday night was certainly filled with plenty of emotion for […]

It’s still a heartbreaking sight for fans of the Dallas Mavericks to see Luka Doncic, the homegrown star that they acquired in draft-night trade back in 2018, now ply his trade for the Los Angeles Lakers. In the aftermath of the perplexing trade that sent Doncic from the Mavericks to the Lakers, general manager Nico […]

For the foreseeable future, the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks will be linked together as a result of the Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade. And by extension, Nico Harrison and Rob Pelinka, the respective general managers of the Mavericks and Lakers, will be linked as well. Since the trade earlier this month, Harrison has received […]

Two full weeks have passed since the Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers came together to put the finishing touches on one of the most surprising trades in the history of professional sports, a deal that sent Anthony Davis to Dallas in exchange for Luka Doncic, who becomes the latest superstar to don the purple […]

Even weeks after the news dropped, the Luka Doncic trade is still absolutely stunning, even after watching the Slovenian superstar suit up for the Los Angeles Lakers a few times. Day by day, more information trickles out about what led the Mavericks to this bombshell decision. Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison spearheaded the trade talks, […]

There’s more to the Luka Doncic trade story for Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison. Although he’s received plenty of threats and protests about the move, he remained committed to his decision. According to The Athletic, he addressed the team the following morning in Cleveland before they played the Cavaliers. “Harrison told the bleary-eyed group […]

When Shams Charania announced that the Dallas Mavericks were trading Luka Doncic, Markieff Morris, and Maxi Kleber to Los Angeles for a package headlined by Anthony Davis, fans outwardly wondered if the ESPN Insider had been hacked. The deal came out of the blue, involved two All-Star players, and just seemed unimaginable in the middle […]

Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison is not able to escape criticism right now. Harrison got hit with a round of boos when he attended an SMU basketball game on Tuesday. Video footage showed Harrison getting yelled at when SMU played Pittsburgh. Harrison was in attendance at the ACC college basketball game. The video is […]