Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison thought his team would never have a chance to select Cooper Flagg in the draft.

It is a little aggravating that he thinks he was rewarded for the Doncic trade, essentially, when he said, "Fortune favors the bold." Tell that to Kyrie Irving's ACL, Anthony Davis' adductor, and every other injury they suffered last year. Fortune favored a suffering Mavericks fanbase, not a power-hungry GM.

Nico Harrison has had a rough few months — but he hopes things are on the up and up. Harrison, the general manager of the