Mavericks fire Nico Harrison after fan pressure was too much! Giants fire Brian Daboll! Kelly v. LSU legal fight! (Episode 1378 Hour 1)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Baseball, Sports, Business

4.5 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘terminated’ as in head coaches as in general managers as in Nico Harrison as in Brian Daboll as in Brian Kelly. We start with the Dallas Mavericks. It all fell apart for Nico and the Mavericks after that Luka Doncic trade. The fans revolted. The Mavs got the 1st pick in the draft. And that was still not enough. (15:30) Brian Daboll was fired by the New York Giants. It went downhill after Year 1. They had no choice. (22:00) What is happening with LSU and Brian Kelly? Has he been fired? Will Kelly get his full buyout? This is a mess! (35:00) Review: The Lowdown. (38:30) MLB and sportsbooks have put a stop to some of the pitching props you can bet on. Now a full stop, but for parlays. And limits have been set at $200 on certain pitch-level markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Terminated. That's the nothing personal word of the day. It is Wednesday, November 12th,
0:43.7	2025, and we are talking about coaches, general managers, and just general termination. Let's start in the association,
0:57.0	where I think that everybody would have thought
0:59.5	that Nico Harrison, the general manager of the Dallas Mavericks,
1:03.5	being terminated by the new owner, Miriam Adelson,
1:07.0	wink, wink, Patrick Dumont,
1:08.9	that this moment was going to come.
1:11.7	When you trade someone like Luca Donchich and the Lakers get skinny and pleasant
1:19.9	and sober and dry and prolific scoring and winning and the Mavericks get hurts, Anthony Davis,
1:30.7	protests, losing, despondency.
1:36.7	Patrick Dumont's getting the finger
1:39.6	from people in Luca jerseys
1:43.0	that have dog, that have Lakers across the cover of them something's got a
1:48.4	gift and this happened in a way where a new owner exposed himself as a new owner we got word of a 10 a m meeting
1:59.3	that was the big breaking news there was going to be a 10 a.m. meeting. That was the big breaking news.
2:02.6	There was going to be a 10 a.m. meeting between the owner and the general manager,
2:06.6	where it was likely that the general manager would be losing his job.
2:14.6	So, I would just like to make sure that you're aware that when we call a meeting with the general
2:20.9	manager, the decisions are ready made. It's not like we're saying to ourselves, let's meet with
2:28.1	Nico a 10. If he's got some good things to say about Anthony Davis's health.
2:34.5	Or if he has a plan in place that we think makes a whole lot of sense,
2:39.0	then we're going to say thanks for the meeting,
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