Mavericks would have strengthened security after death threats against director general Nico Harrison following the trade of Luka Dončić

Dallas’ mavericks are in their time post-Luka Dončić earlier than anyone could expect. It apparently comes with dangers.

Tim Macmahon of ESPN reported on Friday That the Mavericks plan to strengthen the security of their match against Houston’s Rockets on Saturday, their first home game since the exchange of Dončić in a decision that shocked the NBA and made their entire fans’ base entirely.

The man who executed this decision, the general manager Nico Harrison, would have been subjected to death threats and to racial epithets following. Consequently, he will not be in his normal headquarters in the stands, and ESPN also included a report on his chyron that a full -time security team protects his house.

This kind of reaction is not surprising. Dončić’s trade was also surprising. Dončić age and caliber players are almost never negotiated unless they specifically demand it, and, according to all accounts, Dončić was ready to spend the rest of his career in Dallas.

The Mavericks also clearly knew that the decision would be unpopular because they would have Tying hands only at Los Angeles Lakers instead of shopping Dončić, prioritizing the secret to the point that they accepted a smaller package rather than allowing the to assess its interest in an extension, which ‘would have overturned that a decision would happen.

Harrison tried to defend Anthony Davis’ commercial return saying that “the defense wins the championships”, while the journalists relayed the concerns about the conditioning and the future contract of Dončić, but that could have stirred the flames.

In particular, Harrison was not found at the Davis introduction press conference with the Mavericks on Friday. This represents a change from the last similar movement of the team, as Harrison was present during the introduction of Kyrie Irving. Mavericks also disabled the comments during Their Youtube flow of the Davis conference And have limited comments on their Instagram account.

Meanwhile, the Director General of Lakers, Rob Pelinka, was smiling while he asked Dončić sitting at the introduction of the superstar lakers.

Harrison has been the director general of the Mavericks since 2021, joining the team after 19 years as a manager at Nike.