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The Dallas Mavericks are reportedly expected to fire general manager Nico Harrison on Tuesday (November 11), sources with knowledge of the situation confirmed to ESPN's Shams Charania and Tim MacMahon.
Harrison's reported firing comes nine months after his decision to trade franchise player Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers, a move that was widely criticized by Mavericks fans, and hours after team owner Patrick Dumont accepted the move as a mistake during a courtside interaction with a fan Monday (November 10) night.
"BREAKING: The Dallas Mavericks and owner Patrick Dumont are expected to fire general manager Nico Harrison at a 10 am central time meeting on Tuesday, sources tell me and Tim MacMahon," Charania wrote on his X account. "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."
The Mavericks traded Dončić to the Lakers in exchange for Anthony Davis, Max Christie and a 2029 first-round pick in February 2, which was met by protests from fans outside the American Airlines Center on the night of the deal and prior to the team's next home game, while chants of. "Fire Nico" never dissipated, having continued during Monday's loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. Dumont sat courtside for Monday's game, the first time he attended a game since a blowout loss to the San Antonio Spurs in Dallas' season opener, as the Mavericks blew a 13-point lead in the fourth quarter to drop to 3-8 through their first 11 games of the 2025-26 season and last place in the Western Conference.