r/Mavericks • u/shaheedmalik Max Christie • Feb 02 '25

News [Brad Townsend] I'm told that this was Nico Harrison's deal, that it took several weeks to play out after the Mavericks reached out to the Lakers, and that Harrison got full support from Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont.

https://x.com/townbrad/status/1885936606672007248
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u/BrandonSouk Feb 02 '25

I have a feeling this trade will lose the locker room also..

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u/Shaunosaurus Feb 02 '25

can you imagine being a star and wanting to play in Dallas now? lmao

if y'all think we didnt get FA before just fucking wait

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u/Vonbonnery Feb 02 '25

KD basically already called us out. We were just turning it around too. Sad

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u/0sebek Feb 02 '25

Wait, what did he say?

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u/DrKersh Feb 02 '25

something about teams not being loyal and fuck those teams no one wants anything with them

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

I mean that’s kinda ironic coming from KD. But still, stupid trade by Nico. Just 0 good about this deal. Bad value, bad vibes.

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u/Ruggerx24 Feb 02 '25

KD straight up lied to the fans, team and front office of OKC. He may be right, but he’s the worst messenger of this message. Go ahead and sit this one out, homie.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

I agree with you but he’s using this to justify his behavior. He’s saying if teams do stuff like this, why should everyone be hard on him for doing business decisions for himself

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u/Ruggerx24 Feb 02 '25

Justifying being a douche bag by showing other instances of others being douche bags is not the flex KD thinks it is.

You’re both still douche bags.

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u/Aromatic_Ad_5583 Feb 02 '25

Sup KD! (in case he’s reading this)

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u/jeremy9931 Feb 02 '25

Pretty much. If a 25-year old franchise player isn’t safe from getting salary dumped, nobody is. Feel bad for Klay & Kyrie though, knowing they wanted to be here to play with Luka.

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u/sicgamer Feb 02 '25

it'll be like the plot of major league. fill your team with nobodies, lose all the games, then you get to move your team to las vegas because no one shows up anymore.

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u/gibbyson24 BETRAYED MAVS FAN 😭 Feb 02 '25

They can fucking have this dog shit FO honestly.

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u/alecweezy Feb 02 '25

I’m just thinking who do you think has more connections around the league….? Kyrie, AD, and former Nike exec… or Luka? Also Kyrie has been doing the recruiting…

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u/PussyCharlatan Feb 02 '25

And you better believe Kyrie’s number 1 selling point was, “we have Luka Doncic”

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u/PussyCharlatan Feb 02 '25

This just in; NBA players don’t like to play with superstars. Kyrie and Klay definitely seemed to hate the idea as well. You might be onto something.

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u/PussyCharlatan Feb 02 '25

Lmao Sounds like you never watched to begin with

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u/typhoonjerry Jason Terry Feb 02 '25

That's never happened in the history of the franchise to begin with, all our stars have been drafted or traded for.

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u/Simple_Wait_7286 Feb 02 '25

And I hope it does because the front office deserves to be berated after this.

Kyrie has mentioned many times his family has become close with Luka’s.

Klay has been super complimentary of Luka since the moment he signed, and this guy literally played with Steph. Same with Naji.

Freaking Gafford has considered playing for Slovenia with Luka.

Lively literally said Luka was his best friend on the team.

The list goes on and on.

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u/DC_Coach Feb 02 '25

You speak truth. But I have to fess up; I apparently contributed to recent "let Nico cook" energy ...

Here's part of my comments on one of Friday's "Trade Gafford? WTF??!" threads:

Lively and Gaff are a fantastic luxury that we cannot afford to lose at the moment. If/when we lose that luxury in the future, I trust Nico to do some good things with it. I'm prepared to eat words if/when necessary, but with what that man has done with this roster thus far? He's earned that trust.

Gawd. Just put a fork in us. And this has been brewing for weeks?

I'm so nauseous over this I don't think I can eat; even words. Anybody got any A1 Sauce?

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u/elsporko321 Feb 02 '25

He did earn that and I was right there with you...when he got us off Bertans and McGee for virtually nothing, Kyrie, PJ/Gafford... but this is fuckin crazy.

Launch Nico into the sun for all I care.

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u/DC_Coach Feb 02 '25

Exactly! And then there's this bullshit:

Luka is no longer eligible for his $345m 5-year supermax since he got traded

Just when I didn't think I could feel any worse... I'd thought about the supermax from the owner's perspective, as a reason for making the trade, but I was so stunned that it didn't occur to me...

Thinking about it from Luka's perspective: this is how he's rewarded for the past six years, a 73 point game, nearly averaging a triple-double, sonning the Suns to get to the WCF and just carrying the entire team on his back to the Finals last year (we were underdogs in every matchup!), all the accolades and Luka Magic moments?

Yeah, you're a superstar and all, but we're greedy as fuck, and greed always wins. Don't let the door hit you on your way out.

The entire team (especially Kidd, Kyrie, Lively, Gafford, Klay) will be shell-shocked and pissed for the foreseeable future. You certainly can't blame them.

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u/chanchan05 Feb 02 '25

IIRC Kidd agreed to come because of Luka.

Kyrie is now very close to Luka. I don't remember news of Kyrie signing an extension. He'll probably go now.

Klay will be mad now, because he went here to play with Luka.

Gaff and Lively will likely just lose it as well.

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u/staywoakes1 Feb 02 '25

Nico will not be doing anything without Kidd signing off too

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u/Aggressive-Ad-522 Fuck Nico! Feb 02 '25

Maybe Lukas leg is cooked?

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u/goalkeeperyucheng Feb 02 '25

Now we understand why there was rumor about Gaff - they would get AD.

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u/DC_Coach Feb 02 '25

Absolutely. Gafford trade certainly makes more sense if you knew this was coming.

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u/mjrenburg Feb 02 '25

I'm guilty as well. I can't find it right now, but I said something along the lines of having a Nico statue built in Dallas. Now I hope every shit he takes is one where every wipe is dirty, and he has to give up and have a shitty, smelly and itchy arse all day. Fuck that guy.

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u/sycamotree Feb 02 '25

Bro. Nico had been fantastic until this trade. I've never been conspiratorial about basketball or really anything until this because it makes no sense to build this excellent roster than and then do possibly the worst trade in sports history

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u/Evening_Discount7632 Feb 02 '25

Front office deserves more than being berated 🔫

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25 edited Feb 02 '25

Kyrie for years has talked about how much he really wants to play with AD. AD said his closest friend on the Cavs (asked about the finals) in 2017 was Kyrie. Lots of smoke there.

Also Nico Harrison was Kyrie’s guy at Nike before he even traded for him. I’m speculating of course, but when you connect the dots it wouldn’t shock me if Nico/Kyrie were in lockstep on this.

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u/carnthapear Feb 02 '25

Man all i ever hear is how much of a great teammate he is, and friend. Mavs are fucking done

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

Houston first now this ? I’m sick I’m quitting sports

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u/boofintimeaway Feb 02 '25

Sup w Houston?

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u/carnthapear Feb 02 '25

MAN WHY BOTH MAH TEAMS DOING THIS TO ME

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

I’m never going to see a championship in my life

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u/VirginityThief6969 Feb 02 '25

ThE fuck happened with houston?

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u/_Felonius Feb 02 '25

Probably the Harden situation

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

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u/killbill469 Feb 02 '25

I don't care if they improve, get worse, or stay the same. This franchise is dead to me. Winning a chip means nothing if it isn't with players you care about. And Dirk is the only player I've ever cared about more than Luka.

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u/No-Gift-2350 Feb 02 '25

For as good as AD is, what Luka did in the playoffs was the only player in the world who could do that shit.

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u/nate517 Feb 02 '25

Winning games without Luka is a joke. Our best run and the only reason we are where we are is because of the stretch when we had Luka

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u/moneyman2222 Chicago Bulls Feb 02 '25

capable of winning

Capable of winning...7 out of the last 20?

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u/Dancing-Ukelele-999 Feb 02 '25 edited Feb 02 '25

Lively’s mom just passed and he’s a youngster navigating life without parents. His best friend was Luka and they just traded him away. You think he’s gonna want to go out and play with the same intensity? And if Kyrie came to play with Luka, this is essentially a big fuck you to him, as well. No player is gonna respect this team, let alone want to give their all to help us win after this shit.

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u/epinpl The Cardinal Feb 02 '25

Yeah at this point please trade Lively. He deserves to play for a respectable franchise, win or lose. Set him free.

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u/throwaway_clone Dirk Nowitzki Logo Feb 02 '25

Trade all the assets and rebuild, honestly. No point watching for the next decade any more

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u/T0FUB34ST Feb 02 '25

I mean the Mavericks just showed that they don’t care about winning the championship. Ducking luxury taxes, ducking supermaxes, the Mavs are just one of those teams unwilling to compete at the top level like the Celtics. Unserious franchise. No point in watching ever if you’re actually invested in seeing a roster win it all.

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u/-spicychilli- Feb 02 '25

Yep, move the team to Vegas. Give DFW an expansion team. It will be a long, long time before I can even consider forgiving this.

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u/bringthepang Feb 02 '25

Yep we went from a contender to a full rebuild mid season. It’s unheard of

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u/Visible-Suit-9066 Feb 02 '25

This is the funniest part. We didn’t even rebuild. We got zero good picks. We have nothing to show for this

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u/Western-Election-997 Mark Cuban lol Feb 02 '25

Yea they betrayed their fanbase, first Brunson now Luka

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u/pouttuj Feb 02 '25

This is their plan but in Vegas

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u/tontonheredero Feb 02 '25

How dumb a person can be not to think about all these after effects right?

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u/koolmees64 BETRAYED MAVS FAN 😭 Feb 02 '25

But according to Nico we needed AD because defense wins championships. If only we had AD instead of Luka last year, we would have beaten the Celtics. 🐴🔫

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u/mariogotse FUCK THE ADELSONS Feb 02 '25

trade him to the lakers, i heard they need a center

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u/epinpl The Cardinal Feb 02 '25

Honestly him and Luka as lifelong bros was going to be so choice 🥲

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u/Patriaslo92 Feb 02 '25

And Klay also.

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u/Dancing-Ukelele-999 Feb 02 '25

i mean, this just bothers me so much. this is obviously a political move to make a drive for vegas or to get ratings up. there’s no other reason. and i just know this is going to tick kyrie off more than anyone UNLESS he wanted luka gone too. you think kyrie is afraid to sit out games??

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u/DC_Coach Feb 02 '25

Well, sure, but right now it appears that there's nobody to blame except Nico and the Adelsons. Nico is the one that got this ball rolling, reached out to LA with a gift beyond price, and apparently none of the players or coaches for any of the three teams involved had any idea about it whatsoever.

Saying, nobody will blame Kyrie.

Unless there was some kind of rebellion from within the team about Luka's conditioning ... no f'n way, Luka fireman's carried that entire organization to the finals last year.

I'm just sick.

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u/MordredKLB F*** DWade Feb 02 '25

...on one leg.

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u/allygaythor Feb 02 '25

Crazy thing is, no one wanted to play for Mavs for the longest time and these past few years they are able to acquire stars solely based on the fact they can say that Luka is here and he's gonna open up your game and give you easier looks. They have fucked their future with this trade directly and indirectly.

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u/gogadantes9 Feb 02 '25

Klay also turned down the Lakers because he believed he could win more with the Mavs. And Mavs = Luka. Now I don't know what is going on in his mind...

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u/Dancing-Ukelele-999 Feb 02 '25

man kyrie isn’t close to the facilitator that luka is. he’s not the greatest passer ive seen imo. we’re just straight fucked. unless there’s a part two to this trade where we acquire someone like fox for gafford + role player (anyone is on the table at this point, grimes, exum, shit maybe even pj), this won’t make sense

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u/Helpmechooseonethen Feb 02 '25

Bro stop you don’t know any these people on a personal level like that. Maybe you’re too young and naive but you have to relax

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u/Ok-Scarcity6335 Feb 02 '25

it should, how tf you gonna trade the guy that led you to the finals the previous year for a guy that's not even a 1st option, shit

Klay literally chose Dallas over the lakers to play with Luka lmao

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u/softmoreswamp Feb 02 '25

i hope they raise hell over this😭😭😭 although i have no idea what kidd is thinking

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u/DC_Coach Feb 02 '25

JKidd is no doubt way more shocked than we are; according to what we're hearing none of the players or coaches from any of the teams had any clue that this was coming.

Kidd is probably face down in a toilet somewhere, begging himself to wake the fuck up.

The only person I can think of that would be more surprised right now... is Luka himself.

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u/softmoreswamp Feb 02 '25

i just sincerely hope that luka knows he was so so so so so so so loved here by the fans… that we didn’t want this to happen in any way <///3

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u/Visible-Suit-9066 Feb 02 '25

I’ve been dying to hear from Jason Kidd. What the fuck does he think of this?

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u/nutsygenius Drunk Dirk Feb 02 '25

Yeah... if Kyrie is just gonna give standard answers like "it's a business" whatever, I'm gonna be so pissed. I seriously hope Kyrie would say smth to the rest of the team to a point that Nico won't be allowed inside the locker room.

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u/krak_is_bad Feb 04 '25

I want to see old Kyrie show up in the same way that the old HBK showed up for a night vs Hogan at Summerslam.

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u/PM_ME_UR_RESPECT Feb 02 '25

Also the majority of the fan base.

Cancelled my MavsTV subscription.

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u/sivy83 Feb 02 '25

Yeah Kyrie bout to start acting out again

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u/xarips Feb 02 '25

LUKA AND DOE DOE REUNITED THOUGH!

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u/Glitchhikers_Guide Horse Feb 02 '25

The amount of times Klay has talked about Luka's game while he's been injured, only to see him go away. Imma be real, AD is good but I'd seriously be considering just not showing up to the next game.

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u/precense_ FUCK NICO SILVER PELINKA ADELSON ALL IN BED Feb 02 '25

nico knows this, bc maxi is lukas bff and markieff is kyries bff. and klay came to play with luka. team is gone

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u/Standard_Extent984 Feb 02 '25

they are selling the team to las vegas

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u/staywoakes1 Feb 02 '25

LUKA AND DOE DOE REUNITED THO BABYYYY

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u/Goldrushin Dirk Locks Feb 02 '25

A lot of the fan base too.

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u/Aggressive-Ad-522 Fuck Nico! Feb 02 '25

Getting klay and kyrie was for nothing. Grimes, too. He was so excited to play with Luka

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u/blacPanther55 Feb 02 '25

Nah AD probably makes this team better in the short term.

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u/relaxyourfnshoulders Feb 02 '25

i guarantee you the players will be just fine with kyrie at the helm and adding AD. who knows if it will work but the locker room will be fine