Nico Harrison shows no concern for Mavericks' new offseason nightmare he created

The Dallas Mavericks are entering one of the most crucial offseasons in franchise history this summer, as the direction that the team should take is unclear. The entire organization has been in a whirlwind ever since Luka Doncic was unexpectedly traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis at the beginning of February, and things have only gotten worse as time has gone on.

On one hand, Nico Harrison believes that the Mavericks will be competing for a title next season and thinks their roster is strong enough to do just that with a defense-centered system headlined by their monster frontcourt. On the other hand, Harrison's Doncic trade, along with extremely questionable responses to questions about the trade, have led fans to believe that they should fire Harrison immediately and start over.

Regardless, it seems like Harrison is going to roll with the roster they have now, with Kyrie Irving and Davis as the stars, and he is going to go all out for a title before his contract expires and he possibly leaves the franchise in ruins. This offseason, they'll have the chance to get closer to that goal, but Harrison has quietly turned one of the Mavericks' biggest offseason strengths of the past into a major question mark that may be irreparable.

Mavericks' free agency attractiveness will plummet thanks to Harrison

By trading Doncic behind his back, combined with everything that has been said and done since the trade, Harrison has turned the Mavericks into a less ideal free agent destination for players looking to switch teams, but he doesn't think so. Harrison believes that nothing is going to change in that department, and he thinks players will want to come play in Dallas, regardless of what has transpired over the last few months.

"We're going to get free agents," Harrison said at his end-of-season press conference on Monday. "And it's not just about me. But you have Hall of Famer Jason Kidd, you have a bunch of amazing players. Like Kyrie Irving, like people want to play with him. So I think we have a lot that's in our favor, so I don't worry about getting free agents. That's the least of my concerns."

He clearly thinks that the Mavericks are going to remain an attractive free agency destination (as we saw last summer), but with everything that has happened recently, the likelihood of Dallas being somewhere players want to play seems unlikely.

Agents may be more skeptical about their clients signing with the Mavericks since Harrison didn't even involve Doncic's agent in trade talks, and Harrison blindsiding Doncic out of nowhere after everything he gave to Dallas is an awful look when it comes to the loyalty of the franchise.

With how badly the Mavericks need to strengthen certain areas of their roster, a strong offseason is necessary, and time will tell exactly how much changes when it comes to Dallas' perception around the league. It has already seemed to decline, as the Mavericks were voted one of the worst organizations in the league in an anonymous players survey earlier this week.

Harrison's Doncic trade could end up hurting them more than they could ever imagine as time goes on, when taking into account their limited draft capital combined with their newly questionable free agency situation. The Mavericks are going to have the chance to draft a day-one impact player, as they have the 11th-best lottery odds, and Harrison must hit on this pick.

All of the Mavericks' bad luck has mounted over the last month, and Harrison can prove everyone wrong when it comes to the attractivness of Dallas as a free agency destination this summer.