Author: Soccerhuz
The Dallas Mavericks, after trading Luka Dončić, are in a precarious position due to questionable decisions by GM Nico Harrison. He is focusing on a short-term window of success, believing that acquiring Anthony Davis could make them contenders. However, with no control over their first-round picks from 2027 to 2030, the Mavericks’ future looks bleak if they fail to remain competitive. The ongoing injury concerns with Kyrie Irving add to their challenges, raising doubts about the team’s ability to contend in the short term. By the Numbers The Mavericks do not control any of their first-round picks from 2027 to…
Nico Harrison would be so much better off if he didn’t have to talk to reporters, because every time he does, he finds a way to make things worse in the wake of his decision to trade Luka Dončić. Which is hard to do considering he hasn’t done much talking. After holding a session with a select few reporters last week where his best justification of the trade was to repeatedly say “defense wins championships,” he told reporters Monday at an end-of-season presser that he didn’t realize just how important Dončić was to Dallas Mavericks fans. “I did know Luka…
DALLAS MAVERICKS’ OFFICIALS and select staffers, past and present, packed the team’s plane along with members of Dirk Nowitzki’s inner circle. The flight was bound for Springfield, Massachusetts, in August 2023, to celebrate the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame induction of the most legendary figure in franchise history. Mavs general manager Nico Harrison made the trip. He wasn’t especially close to Nowitzki, but their relationship dated more than two decades to when Harrison began his career at Nike as an NBA regional field representative based in Dallas. Casey Smith, Dallas’ director of health and performance, was also part of…
Anthony Edwards might’ve just given Luka Doncic all the extra motivation he needed for the rest of the series. Or, perhaps, the Timberwolves star just produced the lasting image of their opening-round showdown with the Lakers, ensuring his name remains in conversations about the league’s top players and doesn’t get overshadowed by everything that happened with Doncic — who poured in 37 points Saturday and did everything he could to carry the Lakers — this season. In the early minutes of the fourth quarter, Edwards connected on a 3-pointer over Doncic to give the Timberwolves a 16-point lead, and after…
The Mavericks “truly began to disintegrate, along with the franchise’s culture,” 18 months before the Luka Doncic trade, according to sources cited by Tim MacMahon of ESPN.com. At that time, Mavs Dir/Health & Performance Casey Smith was informed that his services in Dallas “were no longer needed.” It was a “stunning first step” in Mavericks GM Nico Harrison’s overhaul of the team’s health and performance group over the past two offseasons. Sources said that the “frigid dynamic” between Doncic’s camp and Harrison and his new staff factored into the GM’s stunning decision to trade Doncic to the Lakers. Dysfunction between…
Luka Doncic and his camp made a decision in the best interest of his health. But Nico Harrison decided enough is enough. The Luka Doncic trade is still one of the most baffling decisions in NBA history. Why would a franchise trade away a generational talent for next to nothing? Well, those answers lie with Dallas Mavericks GM Nico Harrison. And unfortunately, Harrison refuses to answer questions unless it’s behind closed doors. Harrison seemingly gave his reasons for the trade: defense wins championships. But with the season ending in a whimper for the Mavericks, Nico Harrison might not have his…
Serie A have confirmed that the postponed matches involving Juventus, Lazio, Fiorentina and Torino will now take place on Wednesday, April 23 instead of Easter Monday. There were four Serie A matches on the schedule for Easter Monday, which were postponed on the day following the news of the death of Pope Francis. The games due to be played were Torino-Udinese, Cagliari-Fiorentina, Genoa-Lazio and Parma-Juventus. All four of those matches will now take place on Wednesday, April 23, and will all kick off at the same time: At 17.30 BST. The second leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final between Inter…
Among the verdicts passed down by the Italian media on Milan’s 1-0 defeat to Atalanta, the performance of Joao Felix drew particular vitriol. ‘He can happily return’ to Chelsea. The Rossoneri were left languishing in ninth place in the Serie A table following last night’s home loss. It means their best hope of qualifying for Europe now is to win the Coppa Italia, where they will face Inter in the semi-final on Wednesday. All the players came in for criticism from the Italian media, but few more than Joao Felix, who made a decidedly undistinguished 15-minute cameo performance off the…
In recent weeks, if not months, we have regularly heard the Curva Sud protest against the key figures of AC Milan, and against Atalanta it was no different. There have been so many occasions this season where you have audibly been able to hear protests against players and the management, and at San Siro last night, there was a continuation of the protests against key figures within the management. As Milan News reports, the chants started against Gerry Cardinale, who has regularly been a target for criticism, with the Curva Sud once again calling for him to sell – “Cardinale…
Sergio Conceicao has shown his prickly side once again, and has admitted that AC Milan cannot be ‘saved’ in their present state. There has been a lot said about Conceiacao’s handling of the media, and there will be more said about it in the weeks to come you would imagine. However, last night’s outburt is probably the most telling. The pressure has been on the Portuguese coach for months, even after the Supercoppa Italiana win, and it seems to have caught up with him. Previously we have seen him play the victim card a little, but last night he went…