The Dallas Mavericks made a significant change to their front office earlier this week when the franchise fired general manager Nico Harrison. The move came less than a year after Harrison orchestrated one of the most controversial trades in NBA history, which saw Luka Dončić go to the Los Angeles Lakers and Anthony Davis return to Dallas as part of the deal.

Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki commented publicly for the first time since Harrison was fired on Friday, stating that this move "should've happened this summer."

"Too many distractions, too much going on to keep going this way," Nowitzki said on the Prime pregame show. "This move probably should've happened this summer, honestly. I didn't want this negative energy and this black cloud over the Cooper Flagg era. ... This

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