Nico Harrison is no longer the Mavericks' general manager, but it seems he is still the punching bag for fans.
On Monday, the NBA revealed its players of the week for both the Eastern and Western Conference: the Lakers' Luka Dončić in the West, and the Knicks' Jalen Brunson in the East. And while any fan would probably covet having either of those two players on his or her favorite team, Mavericks fans in particular were devastated by this announcement, considering they, at one point, had both.
Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Dončić and New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson have been named the NBA Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for Week 6 of the 2025-26 season (Nov. 24-30). pic.twitter.com/HMc4gWmWbR
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) December 1, 2025
Brunson, selected by the Mavs in the 2018 draft, left for the Knicks following the 2021 season, when the front office let him walk. Dončić, meanwhile, a fellow 2018 draftee, was traded to the Lakers in a bombshell, trajectory-altering deal at the deadline last February. The scapegoat and the face for these decisions is, of course, Harrison, the now-maligned GM.
So, as they are wont to do, every NBA lover and Mavericks stan either poked fun at the announcement or laughed through the pain (depending on which community they identified with) by making the same slew of Nico Harrison-related jokes online.
Take a look at that response below:
What if they were on the same team? Threw this photoshop together pic.twitter.com/dqH6licQJg
— Basketball Business (@BBall_Business) December 1, 2025
Imagine if you had those two on the same team... https://t.co/d21APlSOjx
— Matt Mosley (@mattmosley) December 1, 2025
Could you imagine if these guys were teammates?? https://t.co/x6eiz8TFpP
— Bryce Gelman (@BryceGelman) December 1, 2025
Mavericks had it all
— Ragamuffin Man (@ragamuffinman33) December 1, 2025
https://t.co/77WRoAiWX2 pic.twitter.com/eoRiT0QjZm
— Caner Yükselen (@CANER_PACKS) December 1, 2025
— Jeff Eisenband (@JeffEisenband) December 1, 2025
https://t.co/VICut4JSdE pic.twitter.com/M2A2lx2TUS
— We back (@Aneerinyourear) December 1, 2025
Damn, Nico. pic.twitter.com/DoLsCqg61j
— Knickel & Diming (@Knickel_Diming) December 1, 2025
Oh, boy. https://t.co/MXuhtbSHaH
— Brad Townsend (@townbrad) December 1, 2025
https://t.co/7oTbTvJNJ8 pic.twitter.com/HFpdggWpgO
— MFFL (@Mavs_FFL) December 1, 2025
Lmao @NicoHarrisonGM is a bum https://t.co/vo1UXKAmpr
— LUKA WAS TAKEN (@ExMavsFan77) December 1, 2025
#whoremembers 🥹 https://t.co/JnVET7bkUY pic.twitter.com/EVQgzS6dwK
— m⁷⁷ (@miss77ela) December 1, 2025
Oh, Nico. You might be gone, but you are certainly not forgotten.
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Fans All Made the Same Nico Harrison Jokes About NBA’s Two Players of the Week.
