Mavericks icon Dirk Nowitzki perfectly explains why firing Nico Harrison was necessary

Dirk Nowitzki is the most prominent player in the history of the Dallas Mavericks, bringing the team its first championship and being universally regarded as the greatest player in franchise history. He showed on Friday that he still has his finger on the pulse of the organization and fan base when he gave an absolutely perfect analysis of the team's decision to fire general manager Nico Harrison, why it had to happen and why it probably should not have taken as long to happen as it did.

Dirk Nowitzki understands why Dallas Mavericks needed change

Nowitzki explained on Friday's Amazon Prime broadcast that the organization needed a fresh start and a clean slate to erase the negative cloud that was hanging over the team following last year's shocking trade of Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers. 

Not only to erase that lingering resentment the fans had over the previous management team, but also to make sure the Cooper Flagg era did not get off to a bad start with all of that negative energy.

It was for that reason that Nowitzki wanted the change to happen over the summer. Nowitzki talked about the situation, uninterrupted, for almost two minutes on Friday night. 

You can watch it here.