One more thing. Patrick Drumont needs to know one thing about the firing of Nico Harrison. Fans need to know something else, and you also need to know something about Dirk Novitsky. Today's Lock-on Maps one more thing right now. I'm not a doctor, so... That's it. It's me versus the machines. I don't know. Sautenum change. Nice penetrating thrust to the middle. Hot man, the hot player Wait, wait, one more thing Fire up Yeah, welcome here, still locked on to the Dallas Mavericks, your team every day My name is Nick Engstead Covering the map for 10 years Thanks for being part of the network And being part of this show Today's episode is brought to you by GameTime Down on the Game app, create an account, use that code, a lockdown NBA for $20 off your first purchase. Today's episode, I have a message for fans for you listening. I have a message for Patrick Jamont, and then I have a thought about Dirk Novitsky that we'll get into. Well, let's start here. For Patrick Jamat.

And I know we've leaned into the bit. It is true. Patrick DeMont has listened to the show.

Don't know if he's a part of the Raccoon Squad and everyday listener, but we know it is confirmed he has listened to the show.

Friend of the show, Patrick DeMont, if you're listening, you have fired Nico Harrison.

You've moved on from him.

The fans chanted it.

You heard it.

You heard the negativity.

You saw the product on the court.

You saw the product in the medical room all the time.

And the players going in and out.

You saw everything that has transpired since February when this happened.

You've seen all of it.

You responded to it.

You did all that. And now this is just the beginning. This is the beginning right now. It is not, all right, we fired Nico Harrison and now, boom, it's like the end of a superhero movie and the villain is dead. It's like, all right, now you have to clean up the whole rest of it. Like, now you have to clean up the whole entire mess, right?

Isn't that part of what, there's a couple of shows that are about that.

Doesn't they're part of the boys where they're like, all right, now you have to clean up the mess that the superheroes made half to the fact. But now you have to clean up all that. That is the work that starts now. Patrick Jamot gave an open letter to Mavericks fans

and some of it may have been AI generated

but he set this Patrick Jumat gave an open letter to Mavericks fans.

And some of it may have been AI generated. But he set this letter, and I think part of it is good. Isaac will talk about it a little bit later probably today. But he said, thank you for the support. Thank you for holding us accountable. Thank you for your passion and patience. You deserve transparency, a team that thank you for holding us accountable, is the part that I want to focus on. He didn't have to admit that or say that, holding us accountable, because that is what happens. The franchise goes out and does stuff that they think the fans are going to like, and then the fans hold them accountable for those things. And that is what has happened here. And that letter is fine. He seemingly kind of admitted a mistake, holding us accountable. It's like that little piece that's like, okay, we've, you know, I understand the profound impact these difficult last several months have had. Please don't fully committed the map success. You know, all those things like are a little bit of admitting mistake, a little bit firing Nico is admitting mistake, right? There's a little bit here and there. You've kind of semi-admitted a mistake here.

But like, if you're Patrick DeMont, you're not off the hook yet. You're not off the hook yet. Sell the team will be the new chant. That will be the new chant that people will lock on to. And it is not because I'm saying it on the show today. It is because I am saying what I've already heard from fans. because that's the next thing.

People know that there are two people involved in the Luca trade.

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