Yang Yi: Nick Harrison, the man who destroyed the environment

. And now we can go back and appreciate what Nick Harrison said in the past nine months:

"Sending away Doncic will bring us closer to the championship. Everything I do is for the team to better compete for the championship in the next three to four years."

"When our team returns next season, we will be a championship contender. ";

"I didn't expect fans to love Doncic so much, because I believe victory will repair the relationship between us and the fans"...

Nine months later, it is such a team built with the concept of "win in the moment" and aspiring to hit the championship in three to four years. It currently ranks second from the bottom in the Western Conference with 3 wins and 8 losses. He said that Doncic is not self-disciplined enough and is always injured, but he has missed far more games than Doncic since joining, and he also looks fatter than Doncic. And now, the reborn and lively Doncic is leading the Lakers without James to fourth place in the Western Conference with a record of 8 wins and 3 losses.

In the past few years, the successful introduction of Irving, Gafford, Washington, Jones Jr. and others may have given Harrison some illusions. He thinks highly of himself and thinks that he has built this championship-winning team, while ignoring the root cause of all this: everyone will look better next to a historical point guard who averages nearly 30+10+10 per game - currently 37+9+9 this season.

When a person's self-confidence exceeds his ability and he regards the platform he is on as his own strength, it is easy to do crazy things. In "The Book of Changes" this is called "If virtue is not matched, there will be disaster." Harrison's ambition is rapidly expanding, and he wants to lead a transaction that can change the league's structure and make him famous in history.

Perhaps when the 2023-24 season finals come to an end, this crazy idea has already begun to swirl in Harrison's mind. As a non-basketball professional - before becoming the general manager of the Mavericks, he was only a Nike executive and had never engaged in any specific matters related to basketball competition - in his distorted view of basketball, the answer to the question turned out to be the problem itself. This is a deviation in perspective. He takes it for granted that he is the protagonist and the creator of the general environment. He even found some high-sounding reasons for this - he firmly believes that defense wins championships, and stars must have a Kobe-like spirit. He claimed that Doncic has problems and hidden dangers in size control, injury management, and defensive willingness. None of these reasons are worth refuting, and there are very few people who support him, but the most terrible thing is that among them is Dumont, the owner of the Mavericks.

Now, the shadow hovering over trading can be lifted. There’s no conspiracy theory here, it’s all about basketball decisions that just seemed outrageous because they were so stupid.

According to Shams' report - 99% credible - the relationship between Dumont and Harrison became stronger than ever after reaching the Finals. Since then, Dumont has regarded Harrison as a basketball genius and almost obeyed his every word. The relationship between the two is like Liu Bei and Kong Ming, like a fish in water, the king and his ministers get along well with each other.

When an arrogant manager with little level meets an amateur boss who is eager to prove himself, this may be the most ridiculous deal in NBA history. At first, Dumont and Harrison spoke ill of Doncic, but as time went by, the boss, although an amateur, was not a fool. When the Mavericks' environment was devastated and a victory was hard to come by, Dumont, no matter how amateur he was, had already experienced it - it turned out that this environment was destroyed by your kid.

The "Fire Nico" that Mavericks fans have been shouting for 9 months has finally become a reality. Maybe tomorrow, when the game against the Suns ends and the Mavericks fans walk out of the American Airlines Center, they will feel a breath of bad breath in their chests, but the satisfaction of revenge is just a mirror. They will all understand that delayed justice will not help. Even if Harrison is now nailed to the pillar of shame in NBA history, the fate of this team is still sealed. They have lost Luka Doncic forever.

And we have reason to believe that as time goes by, this pain will not only not lessen, but will become more profound.

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