The day after the Mavs general manager traded Luka Doncic to the L.A. Lakers, Harrison met with reporters in Cleveland, before their game against the Cavaliers on Feb. 2. That session, which included coach Jason Kidd, was before a group of media that was a fraction compared to the SRO crowd that showed at the team’s practice facility on Friday.

A team with a drastically reduced championship window — that’s what happens when you send a 25-year-old superstar to LA in exchange for a 31-year-old —

For Harrison, winning just one title without Dončić won't do. He is all in, cards to the center of the table, certain he will prevail.

Cato reported, "There has been belief, which multiple team and league sources expressed to me over the past months long before this trade, that Harrison does not have a long-term desire to remain in his current role as general manager."

After the Luka Doncic and Mark Williams trades by the Lakers, Mavericks GM Nico Harrison has become public enemy No. 1 on social media.

The Dallas Mavericks made arguably one of the biggest draft-day trades in 2018 when they acquired Luka Doncic from the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for Trae Young. In just a couple of years, Doncic blossomed into a superstar and gave Mavericks fans hope of winning another NBA Championship after 2011.

The Dallas Mavericks are still the most polarizing team of the trade deadline, and moves have been made since they dealt Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers.