Shams: Nico to be fired today!

[omahen]

I don't know what's going on and what's not - who knew what and who didn't. And, ordinarily I'd be right there with you on this one. 

But, in this specific case...the Adelsons weren't really interested in buying a basketball team when they acquired the Mavericks. What they were trying to buy was good will in DFW, really (I think). The past 9 months have resulted in the entire city HATING them with the fire of 10,000 suns. It has all backfired, and I'd bet it's making whatever blood-sucking, soulless 1% "DFW takeover" plan they have in play much more difficult to navigate than they'd like. 

In this case, I think publicly offering up Harrison as the "pound of flesh" the mob has never stopped demanding is kind of the whole point.

I totally agree about the second paragraph. Last part (assuming Nico was blindsided) just tells more about who and what they are. It wouldn't make any difference if this news was made public immediately after the meeting. It is just a couple of hours.