Mavericks fire general manager months after infamous Luka Doncic trade

The Dallas Mavericks announced they had fired wide manager Nico Harrison connected Tuesday.

The squad said Michael Finley and Matt Riccardi were named co-general managers portion the enactment searches for a imperishable replacement.

"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," Mavericks politician Patrick Dumont said successful a statement.

Harrison, 52, orchestrated the stunning commercialized of superstar Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers past season. 

Since the embattled wide manager traded the instrumentality favourite for Anthony Davis, chants of "Fire Nico!" person been a changeless astatine Mavericks location games. 

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Dallas Mavericks wide manager Nico Harrison looks connected earlier the crippled against the Oklahoma City Thunder astatine Dickies Arena successful Fort Worth, Texas, connected Oct. 6, 2025. (Jerome Miron/Imagn Images)

Harrison has been the team’s wide manager since June 2021 and had a 182-157 grounds successful his four-plus seasons connected the job. In 2023-2024, the squad made it to the NBA Finals earlier falling to the Boston Celtics.

After trading Doncic past season, the Mavericks fell retired of the playoff representation and hardly snuck into the Play-In Tournament, wherever they were eliminated. They became the archetypal squad since 2019-2020 to miss the playoffs the twelvemonth aft making the NBA Finals. 

The Mavericks improbably won the NBA Draft Lottery to get the No. 1 wide pick, which they utilized connected erstwhile Duke prima Cooper Flagg. Despite Flagg and Davis forming a beardown duo successful the frontcourt, the Mavericks person struggled this season. 

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General manager of the Dallas Mavericks Nico Harrison looks connected against the Memphis Grizzlies earlier the Play-In Tournament game. The crippled took spot astatine FedExForum successful Memphis, Tennessee, connected April 18, 2025. (Justin Ford/Getty Images)

The Mavericks are 3-8 and lone up of the New Orleans Pelicans successful the Western Conference. The squad blew a double-digit pb to the Milwaukee Bucks connected Monday night, and the "fire Nico" chants grew louder arsenic their pb disappeared from Mavericks fans successful the 116-114 loss. 

After the nonaccomplishment connected Monday, Mavericks caput manager Jason Kidd was asked if the chants calling for the wide manager’s occupation were affecting the team’s morale. "It's noise, truthful I would accidental that, speaking for them, we conscionable proceed to support playing passim the game. I thought, again, we enactment ourselves successful a presumption to triumph tonight, but that's a question you'll person to inquire the players that are playing."

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Dallas Mavericks wide manager Nico Harrison (right) looks connected during warmups earlier the crippled betwixt the Dallas Mavericks and the Memphis Grizzlies astatine the American Airlines Center. (Jerome Miron/Imagn Images)

Mavericks defender Brandon Williams called the chants "unfortunate," but said they person to play done it. 

The team’s archetypal crippled successful the post-Nico Harrison epoch is against the Phoenix Suns (6-5) connected Wednesday astatine 8:30 p.m. ET connected Wednesday night.

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