The biggest news of the week was a move that has felt inevitable since Feb. 2. The Dallas Mavericks fired general manager Nico Harrison less than a month into the NBA season after the team got out to a 3-8 start. That slow start followed a troubling 16-28 record to end last season after Luka Dončić was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Many NBA fans are celebrating after the Dallas Mavericks finally decided to fire former general manager Nico Harrison on Tuesday, but more details are emerging about just how bad things were getting behind the scenes for the Western Conference franchise.

Here’s an update on Dallas Mavericks GM Nico Harrison. The general manager has portable stairs rolled in every game via the tunnel between both benches and adjacent to the new seat location that enable him to exit at any point, according @TheSteinLine. pic.twitter.com/WcEKv3fSHZ

Nico Harrison carved out a special place in GM infamy in modern NBA history, but the fired Mavericks exec certainly has company.

It won't come as a surprise to many in the NBA world to find out the news that the Dallas Mavericks have fired general manager Nico Harrison, but fans of the league are likely wondering why the front office executive was canned so long after the blockbuster trade that caused shockwaves across basketball.

After months and months of pleading with team ownership to fire Nico Harrison, the general manager who helped orchestrate the bombshell trade that sent Luka Dončić to the Lakers, Dallas Mavericks fans were vindicated on Tuesday when news broke that Harrison is, in fact, on his way out.

Nine months ago, Patrick Dumont and Nico Harrison appeared aligned on the future of the Dallas Mavericks. The duo made a unified decision to trade Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis.