NBA记者MarcStein报道,德克·诺维茨基在近两分钟的回应中谈到了尼科·哈里森被解雇一事:"嗯,我认为现在有太多干扰因素,太多事情发生,不能再这样继续下去了。说实话,这个决定本应在今年夏天就做出。我不希望这种负面能量和阴云笼罩在库珀·弗拉格时代,但现在我们却面临这种情况。"我只是知道...我明白这个球迷群体是充满激情和忠诚的。我有幸在21年里亲身体验过。我知道他们不会像人们说的那样轻易放下或忘记。他们极其热情。"这笔交易毫无意义。对球迷来说毫无意义。而且,真的,也没有任何解释。你们前一年打进了NBA总决赛。你们放弃了所有这些资产来围绕卢卡·东契奇建队,拥有一些6尺9寸的全能侧翼,都能换防。你们有丹尼尔·加福德和德里克·莱弗利两个空接威胁,球队是围绕他打造的。你们增加了克莱·汤普森,当时在对阵波士顿的总决赛中投篮是个小问题。所以你们做了所有这些...在圣诞大战前,他们在过去17场比赛中取得了14胜3负的战绩,刚刚开始找到节奏,然后卢卡就受伤了。不幸的是,那是他身穿独行侠球衣打的最后一场比赛。"这非常令人悲伤。结局非常令人悲伤,感觉就像...球迷觉得他们被剥夺了看到结局的机会,看到这一切完成,看到卢卡有朝一日发展成冠军,感觉他们从未看到这个故事的结局。所以这非常令人心碎。"
MUCHmorefromDirkNowitzki'snearlytwo-minuteansweronthefiringofNicoHarrison:"Well,Ithinkthere'sjusttoomanydistractions,toomuchgoingontokeepgoingthisway.Thismoveshouldhaveprobablyhappenedthissummerhonestly.Ididn'twantthisnegativeenergyandthisblackcloudovertheCooperFlaggera,butherewearenow."Ijustknew...Ifiguredthisfanbaseisapassionateandloyalfanbase.Iwasluckyenoughtoexperienceitfor21years.AndIknewtheyweren't(goingto)justgetoverit,aspeoplesay,orforgetaboutit.They'reextremelypassionate."Andthistradejustmadenosense.Itmadenosenseto(thefans).And,really,therewasnoexplanationforit,either.Yougotothe(NBA)Finalstheyearbefore.Yougaveupalltheseassetstobuild,really,theteamaroundLukawithsome6-9wingsthatallcanswitchandguard.Youhadtwolobthreatswith(Daniel)Gaffordand(Dereck)Livelyandtheteamwasbuiltaroundhim.YouaddedKlay(when)theshootingwasalittlebitofanissueintheFinalsagainstBoston.Soyoudidallthis....Goinginto(the)ChristmasDaygame,theywere14-3outofthelast17games,sothey'rejuststartingtohittheirstrideandthenLukagetshurt.Andunfortunatelythat'sthelastgamehe'severplayedinaMavsuniform."Itwasverysad.Itwasverysadhowthatendedanditfeltlike...thefansfeelliketheygotrobbedofactuallyseeingtheend,seeingthisthrough,seeingLukadevelopintoahopefullyachampiononedayanditfeelsliketheynevergottoseetheendtothis.Sothiswasveryheartbreaking."
