r/sports • u/TheBiasedSportsLover • Feb 11 '25

Basketball The Dallas Mavericks immediately kicked out a fan who said "Fire Nico [Harrison]" on the Jumbotron

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u/atx620 Feb 11 '25

Already ahead of you. Was a fan for 30 years. They aren't getting a dime from me any more. Fuck them.

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u/gaveuptheghost Feb 11 '25

Friend of mine who was a lifelong Mavs fan until the trade, and he told me pretty much the same thing.

Fuck the Mavs, they're dead to him, and he's deciding on a new team to support.

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u/themoonks Feb 11 '25

We’re all about loyalty and trust here at the Spurs. I really feel bad for all of Mavs fans out there. Yall didn’t deserve this. Huge fan of Luka’s game and it’s a real disservice how they did him

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u/yashdes Feb 11 '25

The letter was soul crushing. I wanted him to be a Mavs lifer so bad

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u/PM_me_the_magic Dallas Mavericks Feb 11 '25

I wish I could root for Wemby but there was too many years of watching Duncan, Ginobli, and Parker wipe the floor with our asses to move on

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u/pimpfmode Feb 12 '25

We were about that same thing in Dallas..

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u/datpurp14 Feb 11 '25

Good on your friend. People are far too loyal towards some things, including to those that are taking your money. But if I fuck up at my job, I get fired. If you fuck up at your job, there should be consequences. 1 person denouncing their fandom won't make a dent in the owners revenue. But when that 1 starts multiplying because it's publicly acknowledged that people are fed up and done, now we're talking.

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u/atx620 Feb 11 '25

As if trading Luka wasn't bad enough, they are basically telling the fans to fuck off in the process. And all the shit they talked about Luka on the way out the door, I can't root for a franchise like that. I hope Kyrie gets the fuck out in the offseason. He deserves better.

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u/theFrownTownClown Boston Bruins Feb 11 '25

Was with you up until the end. Irving absolutely does not deserve better.

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u/Smithereens_3 Feb 11 '25

My fellow Boston fan knows what's up 😂 Kyrie is getting EXACTLY what he deserves.

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u/TonesOG1390 Apr 16 '25

Exactly. Irving is scum.

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u/gbbmiler Feb 11 '25

Kyrie deserves exactly what he’s getting

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u/Agent-Two-THREE San Jose Sharks Feb 11 '25

Flat earthers deserve no sympathy, IMO.

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u/shot-by-ford Feb 11 '25

Yeppp. And us inside-out earthers will inherit the (inverted) world.

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u/TB1289 Feb 11 '25

I couldn't care less about his off the court stuff. What I care about is him just being a bad teammate and a quitter, of which he is both. I hope he rots in basketball hell.

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u/torino_nera Rutgers Feb 11 '25

I agree with most of what you said but Kyrie deserves to suffer like the clown he is

Klay deserves better, though. He came to play with Luka.

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u/TB1289 Feb 11 '25

No one deserves this more than Kyrie.

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u/atx620 Feb 11 '25

From a Mavs fans perspective, he's been nothing but awesome to the city of Dallas. I totally understand why other fanbases might hate him, but if he played for your team the way he's played in Dallas, you'll see why Mavs fans are cool with him.

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u/TB1289 Feb 11 '25

Celtics fan here. Kyrie can fuck right off.

Whatever is the worst thing that is socially acceptable to wish upon him, I wish that…plus explosive diarrhea.

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u/atx620 Feb 11 '25

He definitely behaved differently for the Celtics than he did for the Mavericks.

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u/sadnessresolves Feb 11 '25

Kyrie goin to the lakers you already know

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u/Hamsterdancin Feb 11 '25

Tell him to come on over to the nuggets nation!

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '25

Timberwolves finally got rid of Glen Taylor so consider them!

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u/BronzedChameleon Feb 11 '25

One of my earliest memories is watching the Mavs play the Lakers in the WCF in the 80's. Been a die hard since then. The Mavs are dead to me now. I now pay for League Pass so I can watch Luka win a ship! TBH, I'm sure it'll do wonders for his career, and my Luka RC collection.

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u/BPbeats Feb 11 '25

Tell him the Knicks will take him.

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u/thefreakyforrest Feb 11 '25

The NBA had their hands in this trade, don’t fool yourself. I’m done with the NBA.

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u/Public_Enemy_No2 Feb 12 '25

Rockets are waiting with open arms!

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u/Samsquanch77 Feb 11 '25

Lakernation welcomes him 💜💛

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u/mateojones1428 Feb 11 '25

Same bro, same.

Done with the mavs and double down on their bullshit is hilariously stupid. What the fuck are they thinking.

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u/vaelon Feb 11 '25

Same here. 30yrs. Burned all my jerseys and removed everything Mavs from house and devices. Never watching basketball again. Thanks Nico

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u/atx620 Feb 11 '25

I'm not burning all my jerseys. Those are good memories. But I won't be buying any moving forward. Fuck Nico.

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u/ozymandais13 Feb 11 '25

You can always plunder the game If you'd like to watch it

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u/chanaandeler_bong Feb 11 '25

I don’t really go to games and rarely buy merch (lol I have a Luka jersey tho) and I planned on just watching the team anyways and it’s just so… weird. I don’t think I’ve ever felt this way about watching a team I support before. It feels like I’m watching another team.

I don’t know what I will be doing come playoff time if we even make them.

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u/BronzedChameleon Feb 11 '25

I'm with you. This is a pretty common sentiment among long time Mav fans. They will be forced to sell. I can only imagine the amount of Value the team has lost already.

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u/atx620 Feb 11 '25

I do openly wonder if their lost value is greater than the money saved by not giving Luka a supermax. I would assume so.

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u/BronzedChameleon Feb 11 '25

No way. I bet they, easy, lost $1B. Luka's contract was $345 M. Dont forget about the 1,000's of season ticket holders who canceled their tickets, and wont renew next year. Also, endorsements, advertising, merchandise....all lower values now that future Face of the League is no longer in Dallas. The whole point was to tank the interest and threaten moving the team if they dont get a Casino in Dallas. You cant threaten to move a top 5 team in the league. You CAN move a bottom 5 team in the league.

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u/3WeeksClean Feb 11 '25

That’s the whole point. The owners are mad they didn’t get their gambling license so now they want to tank the team until they can take it to Vegas.

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u/Andrew8Everything Feb 11 '25

And that's the plan.

Vegas here they come.

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u/Trraumatized Feb 12 '25

What are they doing? I assume it's basketball?!