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Nico Harrison is no longer the Dallas Mavericks GM, less than a year after trading away Luka Doncic.
On Monday night, Mavs owner Patrick Dumont had a lengthy conversation with a young Mavs fan sitting courtside wearing a Luka Doncic Lakers jersey.
Patrick Dumont having a full-blown conversation mid game with a fan in a Luka Lakers jersey….
If anyone knows who this is, please tag him and have him DM me ASAP! pic.twitter.com/9HKFBDcUCX
— All Things Mavs (@All_Things_Mavs) November 11, 2025
According to The Athletic, who spoke with the fan, Dumont felt “horrible” about the Doncic trade.
“Basically Patrick was like, he feels horrible for the trade. And wants to make it up to us,” Dickason told The Athletic. “That’s basically what he said. He accepted my apology for it as well.”
Less than 24 hours after the conversation with the fan, Dumont fired Harrison.
The Mavericks are firing Harrison nine months after the jarring and stunning Luka Doncic trade – a move for which Dumont took accountability and accepted as a mistake in a court-side interaction with a fan on Monday night. https://t.co/PDzeix8ZmM
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 11, 2025
Harrison’s firing comes days after fans loudly chanted “Fire Nico” while he was in attendance.
Nico Harrison’s reaction to Mavs fans chanting to fire him
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— MrBuckBuck (@MrBuckBuckNBA) November 11, 2025
As of now, it’s unclear who will replace Harrison as the Mavs’ general manager.
The Mavericks and Patrick Dumont have 10:30 am central time meetings to appoint executives Michael Finley and Matt Riccardi to lead basketball operations in interim, sources tell me and Tim MacMahon. https://t.co/VCjL55U0co
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 11, 2025