Effectively, hated Mavericks GM Nico Harrison did it. He drafted Duke sensation Cooper Flagg because the No.1 total choose within the hopes of making a brand new period for Dallas.
As soon as Flagg was drafted, Harrison was requested by the media if he thinks the criticism he confronted after the bombshell Luka Doncic commerce will quieten down now that the crew has landed a star like Flagg.
“I’m hoping so,” Harrison stated with a small smile. “I’m assuming so, slightly bit perhaps.”
It could take some extra time, since Mavs followers on the Dallas watch celebration have been nonetheless chanting ‘Hearth Nico’. Yikes.
“Hearth Nico” chants on the AAC for the Dallas Mavericks Draft Watch Social gathering.
Dallas is presently on the clock with the No. 1 choose. pic.twitter.com/qmYnQw2ePb
— Noah Weber (@noahweber00) June 26, 2025
Regardless of Dallas followers holding a grudge, Longtime NBA insider Shams Charania is an enormous fan of what Nico is doing in Dallas.
“No matter you wish to say in regards to the Luka Doncic commerce, Nico Harrison has constructed arguably the very best entrance line within the NBA,” Shams declared. “You consider Anthony Davis. Now Cooper Flagg. Dereck Vigorous II. They simply prolonged Daniel Gafford on a brand new three-year, virtually $60 million deal.
“The most important key of this season goes to be Kyrie Irving. If he was wholesome proper now, we’d in all probability be speaking about this crew with the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder, competing for a championship.”
The controversial GM says the crew is happy the crew is to land such a singular prospect.
“It’s a generational expertise, a once-in-a-lifetime probability,” Harrison stated. “So simply prime to backside, we’re excited.”
Harrison went on to say he thinks Flagg will make an influence on each ends of the ground.
“I feel the largest factor is he’s a two-way participant,” Harrison stated. “While you watch him play, he performs arduous. … When you’ve gotten a participant that’s that good and folks speak in regards to the intangibles — they don’t discuss basketball — then that’s a man who’s going so as to add to your tradition.”
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