“During a fall-from-ahead loss Monday night to the Milwaukee Bucks, Harrison was actually subjected to only a few fourth-quarter strains of the ‘Fire Nico’ chant that has become so commonplace in Mavsland since the spring,” Stein wrote. “But league sources tell The Stein Line that a decision had essentially already been made by that point.”

The Mavericks tried everything to get into the win column vs the Suns in what was the first game since Nico Harrison's exit.

The Dallas Mavericks and rookie Cooper Flagg dropped their first game after parting ways with general manager Nico Harrison, falling to the Phoenix Suns 123–114 at home on Wednesday.

Many NBA fans are celebrating after the Dallas Mavericks finally decided to fire former general manager Nico Harrison on Tuesday, but more details are emerging about just how bad things were getting behind the scenes for the Western Conference franchise.

Mavericks fans couldn't wait for Nico Harrison to get kicked to the curb after he traded Luka Doncic to the Lakers ... but NBA champ Kendrick Perkins still believes both sides won the infamous deal -- telling TMZ Sports we'll find out if/when Dallas gets healthy!

Celtics 131, Grizzlies 95: Payton Pritchard had 24 points and nine assists. He made five of the Celtics’ 21 3-pointers. Hornets 111, Bucks 100: No Giannis. No LaMelo. No Thanasis. But a lot of Hornets rookie big man Ryan Kalkbrenner, who had 17 points, nine rebounds and three blocks.

Several names have started to float around, but if you ask former NBA player Brian Scalabrine, ex-Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers is the most qualified person to replace Harrisson.