00:00Speaking of being fired or injuries, well, let's just talk about this one.
00:04Because we've been waiting for this to come down, I don't know, since they traded Luka.
00:09That is Nico Harrison being fired as GM of the Dallas Mavericks.
00:16And just basically, it was interesting because like Shams reported this 30 minutes before the meeting.
00:24So how about Nico Harrison waking up to hearing that you're going to get fired before you get fired?
00:31But anyway, folks, it became a toxic environment in Dallas.
00:39I went on with Kevin Walsh literally the day before he got fired on GDT.
00:47And I said, they can't move Anthony Davis until they fire Nico Harrison.
00:56And there have been reports coming out of the media that the Dallas Mavericks players would basically rather play on the road than at home.
01:06Think about being in a tight game as a basketball player and having shooting a free throw and your own fans are yelling to fire Nico Harrison.
01:16Listen, once that happened, they had to let him go.
01:21Now, there's been talk.
01:22Dirk Nowitzki made some comments on Amazon over the weekend about the role that he kind of pushed everybody out.
01:29There was rumors that Mark Cuban didn't have much of a say.
01:31And then, you know, obviously with the move.
01:34Let me tell you this right now.
01:36Nico Harrison deserves a ton of blame.
01:38But don't tell me they traded Luka without clearing it with the owner.
01:44Did Nico do a bad job?
01:46Yes.
01:47But so did the new owner of the Dallas Mavericks.
01:50And it's interesting now because now Mark Cuban is being brought back into the fold and helping make some decisions.
01:57Speaking of fired, well, we had obviously a GM get fired.
02:01But now let's get to Willie Green, who was let go and head coach at New Orleans Pelicans after a horrendous 2-10 start.
02:08A Pelicans team that is a me-copa.
02:11Well, I thought that this team was going to be better because I didn't think it would be worse.
02:16Well, it is.
02:17DeJounte Murray hurt.
02:19Zion hurt and battling a little bit with Willie Green.
02:22But here's the part that doesn't make sense to me.
02:27You fired David Griffin at the end of last year.
02:30You're bringing Joe Dumars to be the new head of basketball operations.
02:34But then you let Willie Green come back as the coach?
02:39So why are you firing the GM but keeping the coach?
02:44A coach that was already on thin ice made no sense to me as a basketball observer or obviously the host of this show.
02:53So now to get rid of Willie Green, here is the interesting thing of note that you must know.
03:00Do you know that DeJounte Murray trade, their first-round draft pick in the 2026 NBA draft goes to Atlanta?
03:11And it's unprotected?
03:13So now if you're New Orleans, like, you can't blow it up.
03:18I mean, I guess if you can try and trade Zion, but watch out for the Pelicans because Atlanta is licking their chops with a chance of getting possibly a top five pick and a loaded 2026 NBA draft.
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