Lakers crowd mocks Mavericks GM with chant over Luka Doncic trade: ‘Thank you, Nico Harrison’

For the first time since trading Luka Doncic, Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison is getting a look at his former superstar. Doncic is now a Laker and sharing the court with his old team in Los Angeles. Tensions have been quite high for a regular season matchup and early in the second half, Doncic is filling up the stat sheet.

The Crypto.com crowd is having some fun with the occasion too. Harrison was mocked by Laker fans by starting “Thank you Nico” chants. Doncic was at the free-throw line at the time as they were even audible on the TNT broadcast.

Certainly adds to the surreal feeling around the whole trade, especially from Dallas’ end. Nobody is more thankful the transaction was made than Laker fans hoping to watch their team win another NBA Championship.

You can check out the full sequence here.

This is not the first time someone has thanked Harrison. During Doncic’s introductory press conference, Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka did the same. While the two NBA executives are good friends, not too often do you see these kinds of comments after a trade.

“The second person I want to thank is anytime there’s a trade or a transaction there has to be a partner and I want to thank the Dallas Mavericks,” Pelinka said. “Led by their GM Nico Harrison who was also very instrumental in bringing this opportunity to us and then staying true to the negotiations throughout where it culminated with the trade being finalized and Luka Doncic, Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris becoming members of our team.”

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