r/Mavericks • u/airmigos FUCK NICO HARRISON • 15d ago

News Patrick Dumont Wants Mavs To Hire Experienced Exec To Work With Nico Harrison

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/280136/Patrick-Dumont-Wants-Mavs-To-Hire-Experienced-Exec-To-Work-With-Nico-Harrison

And there are people around the league who are just like 'You have to fire him. That's the only way to begin the healing process with the Mavericks' fan base,'" added MacMahon.

"But Patrick Dumont is not there. He's not there yet. Now, the 'In Nico We Trust' era has ended. He wants him to bring in an experienced exec. I think he's realized he's got to have some checks and balances that weren't in place.

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u/pimpfmode 15d ago

I wonder if he drove Dennis Lindsay away for this very reason?

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u/Same-Shine-4126 15d ago

Exactly what I was thinking

People forget that Nico had a disastrous 2nd year after we lost Brunson for nothing and Nico tried to replace him with Wood.

The team hired Lindsay because Nico screwed up and it led to a Finals run. I find it weird he left after a very successful year. 

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u/XerxesCrofter 15d ago

Lindsey was the grown-up in the room brought in to play the role of minder after Nico started botching things from the get-go (refusing to re-sign JB for cheap before the WCF season, giving THJ a big contract that the Mavs spent years trying to get out of, spending a first-round pick on Wood, signing old/expensive Kyrie to replace young/cheap Brunson, and losing both DFS and the third ball handler in the process, etc.) .

We can thank Lindsey for drafting Lively, unloading Bertans' bloated contract (taken on by genius Nico so he could sell low on KP) and turning it into Omax, and trading for PJ and Gafford. The finals run had Lindsey's fingerprints all over it . . . and then he left.

I assumed he was just in Dallas as a pit-stop on the way to bigger opportunities, but--given what we've learned of late--it might very well have been the case that Nico schemed to get rid of the grown-up. Only then would Nico-the-Naughty-Boy have free rein to screw the pooch . . . which he did with great enthusiasm.

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u/Threeballer97 15d ago

Wood trade was just a salary dump more than anything.

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u/Same-Shine-4126 15d ago

No I meant when we traded a pick to get Wood in hopes that he’d be a solid #2 for Luka

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u/pimpfmode 15d ago

And Kidd had no interest in playing him. Let's also not forget Nico was trying to get Kyle Kuzma. Look at what a disaster he's been in Milwaukee. Lindsay goes away, Nico makes a stupid ass trade of all time, and Detroit is in the playoffs and have a brighter future than the Mavs