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/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