The Nico “Mad Genius” Harrison Thread
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I was gonna post that but someone else beat me to it and deleted it.
Hilarious if true but maybe also speculation? Like I said thought taking 48 hours to sleep on it was a genius move.
Hilarious if true but maybe also speculation? Like I said thought taking 48 hours to sleep on it was a genius move.
SLAB
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Tetsujin
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Given how Mike Finley took that beer from him after the WCf, maybe this think he’s more than just fat lol
So he actually had a better deal yesterday?
Padrino
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This is just... so embarrassing. Pelinka really worked that "we have history" angle with Harrison and completely conned him in the process. Nico may never take another call from Pelinka again once he wakes up to how badly he got abused here. And the most embarrassing part of it all is that he seems to have no idea how hard he just took it in the teeth. These quotes... how does a guy like that get a job leading an NBA front office?
"We hate fatties who lead us to a NBA finals appearance at age 25"
-Nico Harrison, probably
Like Nico and possibly new Mavs owner - lots of speculation going on about their motives - are idiots but his current calf injury is kind of a big deal, right? It's a precursor to an Achilles and this isn't the first time it's happened.
I am sure LA folks will put him on a conditioning program somehow. LeBron knows some people lol.
I am sure LA folks will put him on a conditioning program somehow. LeBron knows some people lol.
Did Ainge also not know he was helping them last time he made a trade with them the last time he traded with them? I weep for Danny.
Tetsujin
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At the big Nike presentation to get Steph Curry to sign with them, Nico famously got Steph’s name wrong and proceeded to accidentally give a presentation meant for Kevin Durant. He might actually be a moron.
Sac.Kings
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Getting some serious Vlade vibes
Sure, the Kings passed on Luka in the draft and will have to live with that.
But the Mavs watched him grow into an MVP candidate who just last season took this Mavs team to the finals and traded him for a 31 year old Anthony Davis. Sheesh.
But the Mavs watched him grow into an MVP candidate who just last season took this Mavs team to the finals and traded him for a 31 year old Anthony Davis. Sheesh.
Tetsujin
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That might actually be an insult to Vlade at this point.
QWERTYLICIOUS
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As difficult as it might be for one to believe, I'm not quite sure that Vlade would've allowed the Lakers to hose him like this.
I still think Brandon Williams was the one who pushed for Marvin but I'm sure Vlade had some concerns about Luka that may actually be real. Not real enough to not draft him or real enough to trade him for pennies on the dollar after he's proven himself. Luka does actually have to address his fitness though.
There was the Philly trade though. It was bad. I think most of his other moves were ok though. He was more aggressive than this FO outside of the Domas trade.
QWERTYLICIOUS
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One could make a strong case that Luka for AD is/was much worse.
Yeah but between the Philly deal and passing on Luka. lol.
I don't know, I think this deal sucks but I would again like to point out that Luka is at a crossroads with his career. The injury concerns are real. It's just that they took back an older guy who has his own injury issues and makes the same contract they don't want to pay Luka.
But again these calf injuries are serious precursors to Achilles injuries. We're laughing about it with the assumption that Luka is healthy but he hasn't given a crap about his fitness in his 6.5 seasons in the league.
Nico is surefire an idiot but...
I recognize that I am literally the one person in the world that defends that deal, but Vlade paid market value for cap space. The team that he built with that cap space did NOT work, but the trade itself accomplished its goal at a fair value.
I have noted many times that the deal was complicated by the fact that we had that Casspi/Hickson pick hanging over our heads - which I have used often to note we should not deal protected picks out that way - but the fundamental problem was the miscalculation that we would be an attractive FA destination. The only way Sacramento can legitimately build talent is through the draft and we are too loosey goosey with draft capital.
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Tetsujin
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And the guy texted him (didn’t even call) to tell him he was traded AFTER Shams broke the news lol
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