Summer League Game 1: 7pm CST on ESPN

[Jmaciscool]

I don't think he's getting fired at all. I think the entire organization has been quickly remade to suit him...players, head coach, front office, non-basketball operations office workers and now even the assistant coaching staff. They're all new. Ownership is new. I think the vast majority of them believe in him, honestly. I think there was initial mirroring of the fan backlash with much of the organization, but since then, those people have been fired, resigned or moved on in some way. That's why you're starting to hear them do interviews. 

Whatever the storm was, however bad it got for Harrison, I think he has survived it. I think he survived it by taking preemptive steps to secure and consolidate his power, and I almost respect the Machiavellian approach, honestly. Those who think it's a matter of time until he gets himself into hot water again will probably hold their breath until he gets fired, but I've made the decision not to allow that type of negativity to pollute my hobby. I didn't think Cuban or Donnie Nelson were particularly good at the GM thing, and there were many times I wished they'd get run out of town. Looking back now, more objectively, I think they both did some good things that we took for granted to complain about the bad things (and make no mistake - they did some dumb, dumb things). I doubt any of us would agree with 100% of what any GM does with the toy we all wish we could play with, but at the end of the day, this team has been almost completely turned over in the four years Harrison/Kidd have been here, and...they're better than I thought they'd be. Better than they would've been if Nelson/Cuban were still in charge, probably. I've decided that has to be enough for me.

As long as the team is competitive (or taking steps to trend towards competitive) and fun to watch, I'm in.

I don't think he's getting fired either which is why I was curious what it would take at this point for the Mavs to get rid of him.  He seems pretty well protected in a "well, if that didn't get you fired nothing will" type of situation, plus the other factors you mentioned.

I think you're right that he (and most GMs really) has done some good things and some bad, but for me my concern is that the bad has been really bad even outside of the big trade.  Getting rid of Casey Smith by itself should be a fireable offense.  There's also the Grimes trade which put the Mavs in a spot where there was actual talk of having to forfeit games due to lack of bodies because the Mavs literally had no means of adding temporary help based on the cap situation that Nico himself created.  If all of that together doesn't get him fired then I think he's here for at least another few years no matter what, and if so, what other pitfalls will that entail?  That's where my concern lies.

But I digress, that's not really the topic of this thread so apologies for derailing it a bit.  Last night was probably the most fun I've had watching a summer league game since...I don't know, DSJ was first drafted?  Cool to watch a player of Flagg's skillset and getting to think about how this is just the beginning.