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By Mathieu Seguin | Sport editor
It took more than two months to Nico Harrison, GM des Mavericks and therefore responsible for the Trade by Luka Doncic, to finally speak about his choice. But everything took place in a very doubtful and ill -wing meeting for journalists.
“I thought he was going to get up and leave. »»
This is how Ben Swanger summed up the secret press conference of the Mavericks that took place this Tuesday. The journalist evokes the case of his counterpart Tim Macmahon (ESPN), who obviously had fairly tense exchanges with Nico Harrison, GM of Dallas, when he tried to justify himself with the media.
It must be said that describing this as a “press conference” is wrong. Dallas actually invited some journalists to a “round table” in order to have a discussion in a small committee. The cameras and phones were prohibited during this event, and the MAVs decided to give themselves the transcript of the conversation.
The annoying meeting of Mavericks to save Nico Harrison
Leg swanger : “I received an invitation on my phone, but she had conditions. A list of ultra-limited guests. No live tweet. No streaming. No camera or recording. A transcript of the discussion was going to be provided by the franchise afterwards. Then the team changed their mind regarding audios, but no clip was to be shared. It was very weird. »»
As if the Mavericks wanted to control the media and the declarations shared to the public. A discomfort already present and which has only increased over the minutes. Nico Harrison repeatedly repeated the fact that “the defense saves championships”, so that some members were surprised by his insistence.
Pregnant : “After a new mention of Harrison about his defense, Tim Cato and I couldn't help us watch and make fun. It was clear that Harrison hadn't thought about it much about it and had not held anything back. »»
But the meeting took an even strange turn during an exchange between Harrison and MacMahon, when the GM implied that Donic could have left free from Texas.
Harrison : “We are talking about a player who, this summer, could have made the decision or not to sign a supermax contract or wait. »»
A false suspense since Donic, in his own words, confirmed that he wanted to sign this contract and spend his career in Dallas. When Macmahon underlined this fact, Harrison dropped this sentence with a bitter tone:
Harrison : “Let us agree on the fact of not agreeing. »»
Everything continued a little later, when MacMahon mentioned the departures of Casey Smith, Jeremy Holsopple and Casey Spangler of the medical staff, the latter being considered one of the best. Harrison did not like:
Harrison : “I am not here to debate in this way. You talk about it from a negative point of view, but I see it as something positive. The guys who are there are better. »»
This is where Swanger expected to see his colleague go, but he did not do it.
Pregnant : “There were many other things in this meeting, but the important thing was not just what was said, but also what we could feel. The impression that nothing could be questioned and that no one could know better than them. Not the media, not the greatest player of this franchise, not those who support the franchise from a business point of view. »»
A meeting with a heavy, embarrassing and poorly mastered atmosphere: this is how to easily qualify this attempted Mavericks to reconnect with the media. But for supporters and journalists, it is now clear that decision -makers in Dallas have no idea what they are doing.
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