Nuggets GM receives treatment Mavericks fans desperately crave for Nico Harrison

This Dallas Mavericks season is one that many fans are just waiting for to come to an end. The Mavericks are poised to take on Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers tomorrow, in what projects to be an emotional homecoming for Doncic, though he certainly won't take it easy on Dallas in any capacity. After not being able to win either of their back-to-back contests versus the LA Clippers over the weekend, and the Sacramento Kings winning three straight games, Dallas is a full game out of the ninth seed with just three games left in their season.

It's becoming increasingly likely that Dallas won't be wielding home-court advantage in any potential play-in game, and it's without a doubt that whatever postseason success the Mavericks may see won't last very long, as they'd almost certainly get bounced by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round of the playoffs.

Dallas did make one move today that fans have been pining for weeks now, though, as Dallas plans to sign Brandon Williams to a two-year standard deal as soon as they're able to on April 10. Williams has proven to be a high-quality backup point guard, and he'll be able to fill the void for Dallas with Kyrie Irving out for a decent chunk of next season. This was an obvious and solid move by President of Basketball Operations Nico Harrison, but this comes in a season that's been filled with two blatant fireable offenses from Harrison as well.

Mavericks should follow Denver's footsteps and fire Nico Harrison

In a shocking move earlier today, the West's fourth-seeded Denver Nuggets fired head coach Michael Malone as well as general manager Calvin Booth. There are inevitably some reasons behind closed doors that will be revealed as to why Denver made this move to fire Booth and Malone, but it's still unprecedented to make a move like this with the playoffs so close. However, this is a move that Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont should make with Harrison, even if it's unlikely he ever opts to do that.

While the Nuggets haven't been able to reach the pinnacle of success since winning the title in 2023 and have made some questionable moves in regard to letting some of their key role players leave, Booth hadn't made near as much of a mess in Denver as Harrison has in Dallas. Harrison took advantage of a weak-minded ownership group and traded away a generational talent, and then days later traded away a potential-packed young player in Quentin Grimes to the Philadelphia 76ers.

The Nuggets firing Malone and Booth at this juncture in the season is as ballsy as a move as one could make from the top of their organization, and the Mavericks are in a much worse position compared to Denver as far as record is concerned, so it's without a doubt Dumont firing Harrison could be the first step toward gaining fans' trust back.

It's very unlikely Dumont or Dallas' ownership brass goes through with something like that though, as they've cornered themselves into a position where they have to at least see how Harrison's trade deadline moves fare for another season or so It would be too much of a public admission for Dallas to fire Harrison just months after such a major move, and it's almost like Mavericks fans and Nuggets fans wish they could swap places right now.