
Nico Harrison watching Luka Doncic live in the Mavs-Lakers game.
Yesterday we witnessed at the Crypto.com Arena (how much one misses writing Staples) the first showdown between Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks. What seemed impossible just a month ago turned into a nightmare for some (Mavs fans) and a gift for others (Los Angeles Lakers fans). The Angelinos won a duel whose true significance lay more in the glances than in the baskets. There were a couple of exchanges during the duel between Nico Harrison and Luka, which were captured by photographers and perfectly defined what happened in LA.
And this must be treated for what it is, as a Hollywood action movie now that the Slovenian has landed in California. There is no doubt that the guy from Ljubljana is the hero, and the villain is the Mavs' GM, who disregarding all protocols on how to treat a star, decided to make the most surprising trade in NBA history to leave his fans devastated and his team in disarray without a leader.
In yesterday's movie, we saw Doncic directly choosing the villains: his teammates in the Mavs are still friends, and he greeted them all, but we did not see him approaching a Jason Kidd who seems more comfortable without coaching him and doesn't even mention him in his press conferences. His father was in the stands greeting Mark Cuban, so we can also take him off the villains' list despite his shouting at some fans a couple of games ago in Dallas.
Obviously, everything else focused on the duel between Luka and Nico. Those glances, Luka's flexes before starting the duel with his former GM a few meters away, turning to the bench after a spectacular basket as if saying 'this is what you're missing, Nico'.
In short, unless Luka Doncic publicly decides to harm anyone by speaking ill of them, or throws Harrison to the wolves, if the Mavs don't win the ring this year, the head of the good Nico will roll sooner rather than later as in any bad 80s action movie where stories always end the same way: with the victory of the good guy, like last night.
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