Recent Mavericks changes signal unfortunate Nico Harrison news

The Mavericks recently made a few changes to their medical training staff, with athletic performance director Keith Belton and head athletic trainer Dionne Calhoun among those being dismissed. It was a rough season on the injury front for the Mavs, as many key players missed long stretches of play, and there was an important misdiagnosed injury on Dereck Lively II. By all accounts, Harrison has been in charge of these changes, and it seems like he's not going anywhere for now.

NBA insider Marc Stein of the DLLS network reported that "The moves were the latest suggestion that Harrison, at least to this point, has retained sufficient support from new Mavericks majority owner Patrick Dumont to carry on as the head of Dallas' basketball operations despite the ongoing loud dismay emanating from many Mavericks fans — now at three months and counting — in the wake of the Dončić deal.”

It may seem like an easy decision to fire Nico Harrison after he blew the team up a year after making the NBA Finals, but Patrick Dumont also had to sign off on the trade. He'd rather give Harrison the opportunity to fix this mistake because of his connections in the industry, and they still believe the team can be a title contender when healthy.