No More Nico in Dallas. Plus, Biggest Surprises So Far This Season. | Real Ones

Logan Murdock, Raja Bell, and Howard Beck discuss the Dallas Mavericks relieving GM Nico Harrison of his duties on Tuesday. The Mavs went from contending for a title in 2024 to trading their franchise player just months later, and they currently find themselves at the bottom of the Western Conference. How will the Mavericks clean up the mess that Harrison left behind? Plus, every team has now played at least 10 games this season. What have been the biggest surprises and disappointments, and who would you least like to be?

0:00:00 Intro

1:01 FanDuel ad break

2:00 Initial reaction to Nico’s firing

34:37 Biggest surprises

41:41 Biggest disappointment

48:06 Who Would You Least Like to Be

Read Michael Pina’s latest on Nico Harrison’s tenure as the Mavericks GM:
https://www.theringer.com/2025/11/11/nba/nico-harrison-fired-dallas-mavericks.

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Hosts: Logan Murdock, Raja Bell, and Howard Beck
Producers: Victoria Valencia and Clifford Augustin
Additional Production Support: Ben Cruz and Conor Nevins

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