Dallas Mavericks normal supervisor Nico Harrison claims he nonetheless does not remorse buying and selling Luka Doncic. However in a gathering with choose members of the media Tuesday, Harrison made a ridiculous declare about Doncic’s future contract.
Throughout his media session, Harrison repeatedly defended his choice to commerce Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for heart Anthony Davis, younger wing Max Christie and a first-round choose in 2029. Nonetheless, ESPN’s Tim MacMahon pushed again on a few of his assertions — particularly that Doncic wasn’t going to signal a supermax extension that he would have grow to be eligible for this summer season.
MacMahon requested why Harrison did not attempt to get extra in return for Doncic, or commerce him after he signed his supermax deal. Harrison replied that there was “no assure” Doncic would signal the deal, regardless of Doncic publicly saying he would and crying on the bench throughout his emotional return to Dallas final week.
It feels as if Harrison and the Mavericks entrance workplace have chosen to repeatedly insist “protection wins championships” to justify the commerce, fairly than admit that they, and the workforce’s new possession, weren’t prepared to provide Doncic that $345M extension. Maybe it is simpler to insist that the commerce was primarily based on sound basketball causes, even after the Mavericks imploded on the finish of the season.
Based mostly on Harrison’s public feedback, the Mavericks do not thoughts if individuals suppose they’re inept. So long as individuals do not suppose they’re low cost.
