To be clear, in no way was Harrison’s end-of-season media availability Monday a mea culpa for his still-shocking trade of Luka Doncic, but there was less defiance and more introspection and accountability than that disastrous roundtable six days earlier.

Perhaps no executive in any professional sport did more to tarnish their reputation with their own fan base than Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison. The fourth-year GM ruffled a lot of feathers back on Feb.