“During a fall-from-ahead loss Monday night to the Milwaukee Bucks, Harrison was actually subjected to only a few fourth-quarter strains of the ‘Fire Nico’ chant that has become so commonplace in Mavsland since the spring,” Stein wrote. “But league sources tell The Stein Line that a decision had essentially already been made by that point.”

Harrison, the former Mavs GM who shipped Doncic, Kleber, and Markieff Morris for Anthony Davis, Max Christie, and a 2029 first-round pick, was relieved of his duties on Tuesday.