The season came to a whimpering end for the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night as they fell to the Memphis Grizzlies in the Play-In Tournament.
And so ends a year that many fans were shocked and saddened by.
In the final moments of the game, cameras caught Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison sitting in the crowd, eyeing his team.
The image of Harrison watching was shared by Legion Hoops and many other outlets and fans are talking about it.
Harrison looked uneasy in the image, and he may feel uneasy for some time after the choice he made this year.
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When Harrison traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, he said that defense wins championships.
He wanted Anthony Davis to provide the team with the sort of defense that could earn them a title.
And while Davis did play well during his brief time with the Mavericks, they are further away from a championship than they were last year and the fans are still furious.
Harrison will have to do a lot of work if he wishes to make them happy again, and he may never be in favor with Dallas.
This image looks like the picture of someone who knows that he is in a bad position with the fans and feels the pressure.
Now it’s just a matter of seeing what he does to correct things.
There have been rumors of Harrison pursuing a big star in the offseason, perhaps someone like Kevin Durant.
But even if he does that, people won’t soon forget what he did with Doncic and how he changed this team’s trajectory, possibly for years.
