Mavericks GM improve safety for the first home game from Luka Doncic Trade after death threats: Report
Dallas Mavericks will play its first home game from the organization Trade Luka Donšić Saturday, and Nico Harrison CEO will be on standby.
The store took it The whole sports world Surprisingly, and Mavs fans gave their dissatisfaction.
Anger is understandable. The 25-year-old global superstar who led the NBA in scoring last year and helped the Mavs at the NBA Finals.
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Dallas Mavericks Guardian Luka Doncic on a bench during the second quarter against the Washington Wizards at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on January 27, 2025. (Jerome Miron/Imagins Images)
Protests took place in front of the American Airlines Center on Sunday and one group of fans even Making a suitcase to mark their fandom dying.
But other fans apparently took him to an unacceptable level and threatened to death to Harrison.
According to ESPN, this led to the “reinforcement” of security for Harrison for Saturday’s game.
“This is a heart base of fans. There were very unfortunate events about this anger. Nico Harrison was subjected to death threats. Some of them were involved in racial epithets. Safety will be reinforced. There will be a protest there. There will be protests outside the arena, ” Said Tim McMahon on Friday.
“Nico Harrison will not be in his usual place. There is no reason to undergo such a security risk. It was an unfortunate part of this story. Obviously, fans rage, they have every right to feel like they feel like they got a generational superstar , but, for sure, the lines are crossed. “
Los Angeles Lakers Guardian Luka Doncic poses for photographs with General Director Rob wormwood and head coach JJ Redick at the UCLA Center for Health Training. (Gary A. Vasquez/Imagen Pictures)
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Harrison cited his defense as the primary reason for the trade, while he also noticed the risk that Donšić, who was eligible for a $ 345 million contract, could leave the next year.
“We really feel like we were ahead of what would be a tumultuous summer, and he was eligible for Supermax, and also a year away from him that he could exclude himself from any contract,” Harrison said earlier this week. “And so we felt like we were going out in front of it. We knew the teams, they had it outside, the teams were loaded to try to sign it after it came to the available.”
The Lakers bought Doncic, Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris, while Mavericks received Anthony Davis, Max Christie and Los Angeles 2029. In order to complete the agreement, Utah Jazz bought Jalen Hood-Schifino and two choices of the second round.
In the first game of Mavs, they lost more than 40 points without Doncic, but neither Kyrie Irving nor Davis played.
Luka Donšić of Los Angeles Lakas speaks during the introductory press conference on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, in El Segund, California. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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