According to the man himself, Nico Harrison has no regrets or sadness from trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis.
Harrison and newly promoted Dallas Mavericks’ CEO Rick Welts held a private press conference to speak on the trade and the future of the Mavericks.
“There’s no regrets on the trade,” said Harrison. “Part of my job is to do the best thing for the Mavericks, not only today, but also in the future, and some of the decisions I’m going to make are going to be unpopular. That’s my job and I have to stand by it.”
Harrison stated that fans have not always liked his trades, beyond the significant one he made a couple months ago.
“Well, the beauty of Dallas is it is a passionate fan base,” Harrison said. “For us to reach our goals, we need that fan base. And to be honest with you, every trade I’ve made since I’ve been here has not been regarded as a good trade, and so sometimes it takes time. When I traded for Kyrie, it was met with a lot of skepticism and it was graded as a terrible trade and you didn’t see it right away, but eventually everyone agreed that that was a great trade. When I traded for [Gafford] and [Washington] again, it was like, ‘Oh, he gave up way too much. These guys aren’t going to help us.’ Now that trade, you saw the evidence a lot sooner. So I think a lot of times trades take a little bit of time.
The general manager still believes they have a three-to-four year window of competing for a championship.
