Days of chaos at the Dallas Mavericks in NBA.
Just three wins from the first 13 games, participation in the play-offs was in jeopardy at the start of the season, now a club legend takes over for the sacked manager.
German basketball icon Dirk Nowitzki (47) has former manager Nico Harrison (52) with him on the deal following his departure from the Dallas Mavericks this week Luka Doncic (26) heavily criticized.
Must leave Dallas Mavericks: General Manager Nico Harrison (52)
As an expert on Prime Video, Nowitzki said: “This trade makes no sense. There’s no explanation for it. Dallas was in the Finals the year before, the team was built around him.”
background: The Mavericks send their crowd favorite and superstar at the age of 25 in major basketball to California for the Los Angeles Lakers. Mavs fans have been up in arms since the start of the season over an incomprehensible deal in February. “Shoot Nico, shoot Nico, shoot Nico!” they sang at home games this NBA season.
Nowitzki understands the fans’ great disappointment: “It’s so sad how it ended. The fans feel like they’ve been robbed. They never saw the end of the story, it’s so heartbreaking.”
The German giant wore a Mavericks jersey from 1998 to 2019 and won a championship with the team in 2011. Nowitzki’s final season was also his first year alongside Doncic.
The fact that General Manager Harrison has now been fired comes too late for Nowitzki. The split from Harrison should come in the summer and not now after the start of the season, he said. Nowitzki’s former teammates Michael Finley (52) and Matt Riccardi were initially set to take over Harrison’s duties at the Mavericks. According to media reports, Nowitzki is also one of the potential successors as general manager.
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