Nico Harrison isn’t just getting clowned by his own team’s fans any more.
The Dallas Mavericks general manager Harrison was targeted in a hilarious way during his team’s game on Friday against the Clippers in Los Angeles. The Clippers’ brand-new arena, the Intuit Dome, has become famous for its specifically-dedicated area for home fans directly behind the basket (which is nicknamed “The Wall” because of how many uninterrupted rows of seating it has).
During Friday’s game against Dallas, “The Wall” featured a priceless sign. The sign depicted Clippers forward Nicolas “Nico” Batum alongside Harrison in a way that read, “Nico Batum > Nico Harrison.” Take a look below.
“The Wall” at Intuit Dome has had many other creative taunts for opponents before (usually displayed while they are shooting free throws). But that one might have been its best work yet, especially since the Clippers went on to blow out the Mavericks 114-91.
Harrison has become a reviled figure within the Mavericks’ fanbase for orchestrating the extremely unpopular trade of franchise star Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in February. He is also detested by many other opposing fanbases as well for essentially having gifted Doncic to perhaps the league’s single most hated team in the Lakers.
But the Batum > Harrison sign was actually pretty tame compared to what Harrison has gotten in the recent past. The Mavericks executive was reportedly getting death threats in the immediate aftermath of the Doncic trade, and he continues to have fans calling for his job (including some who have done so directly to his face).
