The phrase “Fire Nico” has been a popular saying around the Dallas-Fort Worth area since Harrison traded Doncic to Los Angeles. Fans were seen on the Jumbotron mouthing the words during Sunday’s game. The same chant broke out Saturday afternoon as the Mavericks’ float drove down Greenville Ave at Dallas’ St. Patrick’s Day parade.

The Dallas Mavericks have been in a free fall since inexplicably trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, going 7-13 since that disaster. That free fall has sent them from competing for a playoff spot to likely missing the postseason entirely.

The Dallas Mavericks could be in danger of forfeiting their games after the team is perilously close to having fewer than eight players available to play on any given night