Nico Harrison finally spoke in public to reporters for the first time since the day after the Luka Doncic trade on Feb. 2, and some of his comments drew the ire of the Inside the NBA crew on TNT. Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith offered advice to the Mavericks GM on what he should do moving forward.

On Monday, Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison, in his end of the season press conference, addressed rumors involving team governor Patrick Dumont's involvement in the trade. Harrison told reportersthat he was not told by Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont that he had to trade Doncic.