“I did know that Luka was important to the fan base,” Harrison said Monday during his season-ending news conference, six days after a session with a smaller group of reporters that the club called to try to move on from the exhaustively discussed Doncic trade.
Mavericks GM Nico Harrison: Fans' love for Luka Doncic was deeper than he knew, but stands by trade
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“Kyrie is the heart and soul of this team, and he has embraced the city of Dallas as his home and our fans as an extension of his own family,” said general manager Nico Harrison, the target of most of the criticism over the trade.
Mavericks star Kyrie Irving out for the season with torn ACL
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