announcing the firing of general manager Nico Harrison<\/a> on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\nWhile Dumont did not name Luka Doncic in the letter, he acknowledged “the profound impact these difficult last several months have had” on the fans since Harrison traded the beloved Mavericks star to the Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n
“Thank you for your support, thank you for holding us accountable, and thank you for your passion and for your patience. You deserve transparency and a team that reflects your spirit. Our goal is to return winning basketball to Dallas and win championships. Our family is committed to that mission and to continuing to invest in Dallas and the Mavericks\u2019 future,” Dumont wrote.<\/p>\n
On May 30, 2024, the Mavericks won the Western Conference championship. We came\u00a0up short in the NBA Finals, but we all agreed our future was bright. As fans of this\u00a0franchise, you have every right to demand a commitment to success from us.<\/p>\n
No one associated with the Mavericks organization is happy with the start of what we all\u00a0believed would be a promising season. You have high expectations for the Mavericks,\u00a0and I share them with you. When the results don\u2019t meet expectations, it\u2019s my\u00a0responsibility to act. I\u2019ve made the decision to part ways with General Manager Nico\u00a0Harrison.<\/p>\n
Though the majority of the 2025-26 season remains to be played, and I know our\u00a0players are deeply committed to a winning culture, this decision was critical to moving\u00a0our franchise forward in a positive direction.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I understand the profound impact these difficult last several months have had. Please\u00a0know that I\u2019m fully committed to the success of the Mavericks.<\/p>\n
Thank you for your support, thank you for holding us accountable, and thank you for\u00a0your passion and for your patience. You deserve transparency and a team that reflects\u00a0your spirit. Our goal is to return winning basketball to Dallas and win championships.<\/p>\n
Our family is committed to that mission and to continuing to invest in Dallas and the\u00a0Mavericks\u2019 future.\u00a0Please join me in continuing to cheer on our players and supporting all of those who\u00a0work to make this organization the best it can be.<\/p>\n
While Dumont stood by Harrison amid the barrage of criticism after the Luka Doncic trade last season, Charania reported that Dumont ultimately decided to take accountability for the trade “and accepted as a mistake in a court-side interaction with a fan on Monday night.”<\/p>\n
Charania was referring to the viral image of Dumont speaking at length with a fan who was sitting courtside in a Doncic Lakers jersey.<\/p>\n
Most of Harrison’s early tenure in Dallas was considered a success, capped by the Mavericks reaching the NBA Finals in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But everything changed for Harrison \u2014 and the organization \u2014 when he notoriously dealt Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers last season, a heavily-criticized move that was deemed by some as one of the worst trades in NBA history. And while Harrison’s reasoning might have made sense on paper \u2014 he wanted to shift the Mavericks into a better defensive team, anchored by All-NBA big man Anthony Davis \u2014 it flopped in reality.<\/p>\n
Davis was injured for most of his stint with the Mavericks at the end of last season, and he was sidelined again at the start of this season, as Dallas struggled offensively and stumbled to a 3-8 start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mavericks owner Patrick Dumont wrote an open letter to fans. Read the full letter here. DALLAS \u2014 Dallas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-285704","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-nba","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}