Tuesday, the director general of Dallas Mavericks, Nico Harrison, met certain media members to finally try to ask the questions around the decision of the head of the organization to exchange Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers in bed. But it turns out that Harrison should have been even more selective in the media members he chose to be separated from the meeting.
At the beginning, the journalists of Reunion were not allowed to record the conversation, leaving the fans in the dark as to what Harrison was even asked. But over the meeting, the recordings were finally authorized.
We now know that the journalist of ESPN NBA, Tim Macmahon, in particular, did not gently take things on Harrison thanks to the transcriptions that have since emerged from Reunion.
MacMahon asked a number of very direct questions to Harrison, asking him to explain his logic in the exchange of a young star of the future like Dončić.
“’27 to ’30, you are on your capital of the first round,” said MacMahon. “Your own words, you have created a period of three to four years. When the credit card invoice is underway, this period is completed. How is it in the best interest of long-term interests in the franchise? Track? He is one of the best players we have seen. »»
Harrison responded with a message that he has always transmitted many times, saying that “the defense wins the championships”.
“I don’t stop saying the same thing, but the defense wins the championships. I think we have a team of championship caliber, not only for the moment, but also for the future. Obviously, the future will hold up if I am right or bad, and finally, we will be held in the same standard.”
MacMahon did not let him win, asking Harrison again to justify how to take advantage of their future by getting rid of their 25 -year -old superstar is the best for the future of the organization.
“Your best long -term interest, 25, 26, 27 there are your three years,” said Macmahon. “Then you got out of your first capital. How does it make sense to frankness? ”
Harrison, who felt that Macmahon clearly does not consider the decision as the right one for the future of the Mavericks, replied by saying that Macmahon will change their minds when the Mavericks win.
“As I said, we believe in the move we have taken,” said Harrison. “You obviously do not do it, and that’s good, and you are entitled to your opinions, but we are delighted with the future of our team.
This led Macmahon to emphasize Harrison more how Dončić has just brought the team to the NBA final a season.
“And you did not believe that the team that went to the final last year with Luka as a centerpiece could continue to face the championships?” MacMahon asked.
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– Mavs lead (@Mavslead) April 16, 2025
Harrison replied by saying again that “the defense wins the championships”, which Macmahon clearly feels a bit of a cop.
During an appearance on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas on Wednesday, Macmahon openly laughed at the regurgity argument of Nico Harrison, the defense championships “, comparing it to a rolled doll that can only say one thing.
“He didn’t want to deal with him anymore,” said Macmahon. “He decided to throw it away. And the only explanation you can remove from him is like one of those dolls where you draw the chain. “The defense wins the championships. The defense wins the championships. There was a series (of questions) there where I pushed it on choices and I finished with something in the sense of saying: “So you did not believe at the heart of the team that went to the final last year with Luka, because the centerpiece could continue to face the titles? He said, “I repeat, the defense wins the championships”.
“Dude … you won a championship of the Western Conference final last year. You were smoked in the final. But by the way, defense was not your problem in this series. What if that was, why did you go and did Klay Thompson this summer? Filming was your problem in this series. This is why you did it. Yesterday 57 minutes in a room that I never sat at the American Airlines Center before, it was an epic failure. »»
.@ESPN_MACMAHON exclusivity #Mavs Round table: “It was an epic failure”
Listen to all his segment with @ 1053ss,, @rjchoppy And @BobbybelttX As he describes what happened during the place with Nico Harrison and Rick Welts: https://t.co/oe4cnzhdcp pic.twitter.com/q2aey9qqgf
– 105.3 The fan (@ 1053thefan) April 16, 2025
Obviously, MacMahon is not afraid to hold Nico Harrison responsible for what he, and many others, believe they are a monumental error.
