Nico Harrison fired from Mavericks nine months after Luka Doncic trade

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Dallas Mavericks enforcement had been nether occurrence from fans since helium traded prima Luka Doncic to LA Lakers connected February 2.

Published On 12 Nov 2025

The Dallas Mavericks fired wide manager Nico Harrison connected Tuesday, 9 months aft his commercialized of Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers sent the organisation into a tailspin.

Team proprietor Patrick Dumont announced the dismissal of Harrison, who was besides Dallas’s president of hoops operations. The Mavericks person limped retired of the blocks to a 3-8 record.

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“This determination reflects our continued committedness to gathering a championship- caliber organization, 1 that delivers for our players, our partners, and astir importantly, our fans,” Dumont said.

In an unfastened missive to fans, Dumont acknowledged “the profound interaction these hard past respective months person had”.

The squad appointed Michael Finley and Matt Riccardi arsenic co-interim wide managers to oversee hoops operations. A hunt volition statesman for a imperishable replacement.

Riccardi is the team’s adjunct wide manager. Finley, a 15-year NBA player, joined the Mavericks’ beforehand bureau successful 2017 and has held a assortment of roles.

Harrison, a erstwhile Nike executive, was hired connected June 28, 2021, and the Mavericks reached the Western Conference finals successful his archetypal season. In the 2023-24 season, the Mavericks mislaid to the Boston Celtics successful 5 games successful the NBA Finals.

But conscionable 7 months later, Harrison sent the five-time first-team All-NBA enactment Doncic westbound successful a blockbuster commercialized amid fans’ furor and frenzy.

Fan unit to occurrence Harrison

Harrison’s dismissal came 1 time aft Dumont was seen talking to a instrumentality who was wearing a golden Lakers’ mentation of Doncic’s No 77 jersey during the 2nd fractional of Monday’s 116-114 location nonaccomplishment to the Milwaukee Bucks.

“Fire Nico!” chants were audible during the 4th fourth of the game, successful which Dallas squandered a 13-point lead.

The code of the Mavericks’ instrumentality basal towards Harrison has changed since helium signed a multi-year declaration hold successful June 2024.

Harrison, 52, accepted work for the commercialized and defended it by claiming determination were concerns implicit Doncic’s physique and committedness to conditioning.

Doncic played his last crippled with the Mavericks connected Christmas Day 2024, and helium strained his near calf successful the nonaccomplishment to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The Mavericks were 19-10 entering that game, and 26-23 connected February 1, 2025, erstwhile Doncic was traded. Without him connected the roster, the Mavericks finished 13-20 and failed to marque the playoffs.

Anthony Davis, the 10-time All-Star large antheral who was the cardinal cog successful instrumentality from the Lakers, was sidelined for six weeks aft sustaining an adductor strain successful his Dallas debut.

Davis, 32, is presently retired with a calf strain, portion apical wide 2025 draught prime Cooper Flagg, 18, is adjusting to beingness successful the NBA.

In the nonaccomplishment to the Bucks, Flagg scored a career-high 26 points and pulled down a game-high 9 rebounds.