Nicely, hated Mavericks GM Nico Harrison did it. He drafted Duke sensation Cooper Flagg because the No.1 general 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 group has landed a star like Flagg.
“I’m hoping so,” Harrison mentioned with a small smile. “I’m assuming so, slightly bit perhaps.”
It might take some extra time, since Mavs followers on the Dallas watch get together had been nonetheless chanting ‘Hearth Nico’. Yikes.
“Hearth Nico” chants on the AAC for the Dallas Mavericks Draft Watch Get together.
Dallas is at present 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 need to say concerning 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 Full of life II. They only prolonged Daniel Gafford on a brand new three-year, virtually $60 million deal.
“The largest key of this season goes to be Kyrie Irving. If he was wholesome proper now, we’d most likely be speaking about this group with the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder, competing for a championship.”
The controversial GM says the group is worked up the group is to land such a singular prospect.
“It’s a generational expertise, a once-in-a-lifetime probability,” Harrison mentioned. “So simply prime to backside, we’re excited.”
Harrison went on to say he thinks Flagg will make an impression on each ends of the ground.
“I feel the most important factor is he’s a two-way participant,” Harrison mentioned. “Once you watch him play, he performs exhausting. … When you may have a participant that’s that good and other people speak concerning 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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