Nico Harrison Reportedly Proposed Blockbuster Trade To Timberwolves

It’s been nearly a month since the jaw-dropping, blockbuster NBA trade that sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, but information about it is still leaking out, slowly but surely.

On Friday morning, Sam Amick of The Athletic wrote that the Dallas Mavericks initially talked with at least one other team about a Doncic trade.

General manager Nico Harrison reportedly spoke with the Minnesota Timberwolves regarding a swap that would have featured Doncic for Anthony Edwards.

Unsurprisingly, his idea was promptly shot down by the T-Wolves.

“League sources tell The Athletic that the Mavericks and Timberwolves informally discussed the prospect of swapping Dončić for 23-year-old, three-time All-Star Anthony Edwards in the weeks before the Lakers deal went down. More specifically, Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison reached out to the Timberwolves and asked if there was any chance they’d be willing to trade Edwards. He was promptly told no. The Timberwolves, league sources say, were stunned that Dallas was contemplating parting ways with Dončić,” Amick wrote, per NBACentral.

Nico Harrison reportedly reached out to Minnesota to propose a trade involving Luka Doncic for Anthony Edwards but was rejected, per @sam_amick

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This report makes it very clear that Harrison and his staff were looking to move Doncic and attempting to get the best deal possible for him.

This won’t make Dallas fans any happier, and many of them are still furious with Harrison for pulling off the trade and cutting ties with Doncic.

Harrison was allegedly unhappy with a potential upcoming max contract for Doncic and his problems with conditioning.

He was attempting to swap Doncic out for another A-List star instead of signing him to a new deal.

In the end, he got Anthony Davis, one of the best big men in the league.

That wasn’t a bad haul for the Mavericks, but this trade is still shocking to many people, and it will be for a long time.

The truth is that Harrison may never win back the fans that he lost with this move, and if more stories like this one come out, the anger at him will only grow.

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