The Mavs had just finished a shootaround at the Olympic Club in San Francisco when Harris received the sobering news that he had been traded to the Denver Nuggets. It was Feb. 8 of last season – the day of the trading deadline and the day the Mavs were preparing to play the Golden State Warriors.
It was the day the Mavs executed a three-team deal that landed them Doug McDermott, and it also was the last time Harris and the Mavs practiced in this swanky upscale facility in downtown San Francisco until Friday. The (bad) memories were not lost on Harris.