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as shocking as the trade of Luca is you
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can make a rationale on a lot of
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different fronts about why the Mavs
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didn't trade him either they didn't feel
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any faith that he would stay in good
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condition maybe they lacked any trust in
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his defensive priorities perhaps they
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felt as though the supermax was coming
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up and they wanted to get ahead of that
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and not pay him for that because they
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didn't trust him down the road or even
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they worry that he didn't want to be
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there and they were going to be held at
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gunpoint at some point in time all of
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that you can actually wrap your mind
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around however what you can't you cannot
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explain is why the Mavericks did this
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under cover of night and secrecy with
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only one potential bidder well I've got
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a theory on that and let's talk about
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some insider trading before we get there
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does not make any Mavs fan feel good
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about this shouldn't make anybody in the
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NBA feel good about this trade either
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why would the Dallas Mavericks not open
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up the bidding of a 25-year-old super
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duper Star Cornerstone franchise player
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a guy that can win multiple MVPs in his
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career especially less than a year after
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they went to the NBA finals with him and
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the reason is insider trading of the
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sneaker industry type because the
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general manager that decided to pull the
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trigger on this trade is Nico Harrison
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and guess what Nico Harrison was before
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he got to Dallas as the GM he was a
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sneaker executive where at Nike and who
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is Nike's biggest client right now
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LeBron James right let's think about
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this in terms of say selling your house
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you say it's not for us anymore we want
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to get out of here we want to move on
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Etc and instead of opening it up to the
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market you just sell it to your cousin
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you don't even see what the value could
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be on the open market that would seem
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kind of short-sighted right now let's
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say that that's not just a house let's
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say that I don't know it's a 150 acre
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Old Stone House from the 1800s it's been
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fully renovated it's got history it's
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got class it's got a giant pool it's got
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10 bedrooms and you know it's worth a
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pretty penny right and again you just
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decide to to sell it to a cousin an
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in-law your neighbor you never let a
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realtor know that this is for sale why
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would you do something like that well
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that's exactly what happened with Nico
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Harrison Nico Harrison began his career
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after playing by becoming a field rep
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for Nike this is back in the early 2000s
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let me read to you his bio from
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Wikipedia in ' 02 a friend informed him
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of an open position at Nike for a
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regional field representative for the
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NBA Harrison applied and moved to Dallas
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Texas as part of the role Harrison
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represented players such as Tim Duncan
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Germaine O'Neal and Dirk
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novitzki and Michael Finley two Mavs
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players now Harrison rose up through the
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company and ultimately became an
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executive overseeing a massive branch of
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Nike and specifically basketball
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operations one of the reasons why Nico
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Harrison was hired to be the GM of the
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Mavericks was because of his basketball
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relationships now look you know having a
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guy run your basketball operations these
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days because he's friendly with the
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players that's nothing new that is
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something that I think as the plate
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tectonics have shifted did around the
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NBA owners have realized these are the
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real power Brokers these are the real
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decision makers and so getting them on
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board player acquisition player
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relationships is vital to succeed in
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today's NBA okay but guess who one of
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Nico Harrison's most significant clients
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Nike LeBron James Harrison was promoted
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to a national marketing role with Nike
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where in 2003 he began working with some
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of the most prominent basketball stars
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in the world including Michael Jordan
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Kobe Bryant Jason Kidd the Mavs head
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James so when Nico Harrison is hired by
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the Dallas Mavericks to become their
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general manager they immediately hire
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Jason kid as their head coach a former
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Nico Harrison client shortly thereafter
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Michael Finley gets promoted to
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right-hand man of the GM a former Nike
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client for Nico Harrison and the only
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team the only front office the only
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General Manager that knew seemingly that
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Luca donic was for sale was LeBron
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james' team it's hard to believe there's
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not a connection between Nico
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Harrison shoveling Luca donic towards
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perhaps the most valuable Nike client in
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the history of basketball sneakers
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outside of Michael Jordan LeBron notably
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has loved Luca and wanted to play with
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Luca for a long time Luca himself is
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City he grew up idolizing LeBron so
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doing a favor for LeBron James in the
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mix here doesn't seem so crazy does it
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if I'm going to trade Lucas's next eight
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years then I want a boatload of draft
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picks I want to just flood my system
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with draft picks and use that as the
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next wave to build a contender like the
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Thunder has done like the Rockets have
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instead I've got to make sure that I
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maximize this next 2year window with
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Anthony Davis and that's it once that
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window's gone I've got nothing left one
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draft pick from the Lakers and so I
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would say hey Lucas for sale what else
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can we shake off trees around the NBA
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maybe we can get a bucket of picks but
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even if you wanted to win today wouldn't
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you want to see if there was a deal out
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there better than just ad in one first
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round pick from the Lakers because
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perhaps there's a player of ad's caliber
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that also comes with multiple draft
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picks wouldn't you want some type of
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battle a fight going on wouldn't you
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want to leverage the media that this
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town this City this team is close but
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that City that team that franchise
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jumped in and now they're squabbling and
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who wants a sweet and the pie I mean
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this this is Luca donic you're talking
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about and you didn't tell anybody he was
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block for the Lakers it's a slam dunk
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because not only do you pair LeBron
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right now with an extraordinary talented
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scorer whenever he does get back from
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injury and now you've delivered the next
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face of the franchise after LeBron
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retires and just imagine Luca with the
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bright lights of LA with the star power
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with Hollywood with all of that media
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attention with all that social media
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clout I mean he is going to absolutely
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lap it up and for Lakers fans it gives
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them a box office that they can go watch
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after LeBron is gone so I think for the
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Lakers this is the biggest no-brainer
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ever but at the end of the day is this
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the the Mavericks are worried about his
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conditioning was it they were worried
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about his defense were they tired of
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maybe him taking games off weeks off
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maybe they were tired of his lack of
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commitment lack of focus lack of
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discipline all of that is possible maybe
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they were worried about giving him the
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supermax maybe they were worried that he
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was going to leave before they could get
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the supermax done any of that is
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plausible but what is not is that you
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property and you sold it without listing
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it it doesn't make any sense unless you
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are trying to do a favor for someone hey
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