Kendrick Perkins Defends Nico Harrison After Firing, Mavericks Have been By no means Wholesome!

Mavericks followers could not look forward to Nico Harrison to get kicked to the curb after he traded Luka Doncic to the Lakers … however NBA champ Kendrick Perkins nonetheless believes each side gained the notorious deal — telling TMZ Sports activities we’ll discover out if/when Dallas will get wholesome!!

Harrison was handed his pink slip on Tuesday … an inevitable transfer 9 months after the franchise participant was shipped to L.A. in change for Anthony Davis.

On the time, Perk mentioned he liked the transaction for each side … however Mavs backers weren’t shopping for it — and needed Harrison gone ASAP.

Now that they received their want, we checked in on Perk’s earlier take whereas at LAX on Wednesday … and he isn’t able to admit defeat simply but.

“In equity to Nico, he misplaced his job — he did not get an opportunity to see that crew on the ground totally wholesome. We nonetheless have not seen Kyrie Irving and AD contact the ground collectively in a Dallas Maverick uniform, which is unlucky, however whenever you commerce a world celebrity, your room for error could be very, very small. And that is what ended up taking place.”

Pair the Luka commerce with the 3-8 begin … and possession was prepared to drag the plug.

So after we requested if Harrison received the brief finish of the stick, Perkins made a hilarious comparability — watch the clip for that, ‘trigger phrases cannot do it justice.