The Dallas Mavericks have to face the music. Their current roster as assembled by Nico Harrison is not working. They need to trade everyone and get as much back as they can to rebuild the roster around Cooper Flagg -- everyone but just three players.
Nico Harrison is gone, hoisted with his own petard and finally put out of his misery when Mavericks owner Patrick Dumont fired him on Tuesday. What he leaves behind is a roster of ill-fitting parts, too many bigs and not enough ball-handlers or shooters. They have fallen flat on their face to start the season at 3-9, in 14th-place in the 15-team Western Conference.