Especially, when the star in question is just 25 years old and led the team to the NBA Finals in the previous seasons, well, Mavs general manager Nico Harrison broke all norms when he traded Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in a move that sent shockwaves through the NBA community.

There's a long list of players, coaches, or personnel who were close to Doncic that are no longer with the franchise since Harrison's arrival in 2021.

When Brad Townsend asked Doncic what his feelings were towards the Mavericks' highly controversial GM Nico Harrison, the primary initiator of the trade to the chagrin of both Mavericks fans and Doncic's teammates, the soft-spoken Slovenian superstar was honest in his response.

Let’s set the record straight. The Luka Doncic trade was not a basketball move for the Mavericks. Premise #1: the Mavs trading Luka, at 25 years old 1 of the top 3 players in the world, to the Lakers in return for broken down 32 year old Anthony “Street Clothes” Davis makes no sense as a basketball move.

Here's everything you need to know about Nico Harrison, the Mavericks GM and mastermind behind the Luka Doncic trade for Anthony Davis.

There are levels to it, and there are people that fit the culture and there’s people that come in and add to the culture,” Harrison said.

Outraged Dallas Mavericks fans are going after GM Nico Harrison in the wake of the mindblowing Luka Doncic trade.

Mavs GM Nico Harrison's career is marked by two major events: trading Luka Doncic and botching Steph Curry's Nike deal.

The deal is done, Luka Doncic is now a Los Angeles Laker and Anthony Davis is now a Dallas Maverick. With the dust starting to settle after the massive trade, some of the national sports outlets have dished out grades for each side’s return.