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Nico Harrison Gets Credit For Dallas Mavericks Front Line But Fans Aren’t Buying It

Understanding that he had "arguably the best front line in the NBA," the Mavericks seemed to have been the talking point during the NBA...

“He made the worst trade in history and then Adam Silver bailed him out by GIVING Dallas the first pick,” such sentiment was echoed by several other commentators who even spoke of the luck of winning the draft lottery when they only had a 1.8 percent chance. Some fascinating comments drew attention to the possibility that Dallas might now have enough frontcourt depth to consider dealing Anthony Davis for backcourt help, with one user saying, “Flagg is the future at PF.” There are some exciting discussions about backing up. More broadly, the suspicion around Harrison’s role in putting together this roster reflects a bigger sports-fan tendency to question how much credit we really should give to grass-root good fortune.

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