Mavericks GM Nico Harrison explains the departure of one of the NBA's biggest stars
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00:00There's some unique things about his contract
00:03that we had to pay attention to.
00:05There's other teams that were loading up
00:07that he was going to be able to decide
00:09to make his own decision at some point of whether he
00:12wants to be here or not, whether we want to supermax him or not,
00:15or whether he wants to opt out.
00:17So I think we had to take all that into consideration
00:19and feel like we got out in front of what could have
00:21been a tumultuous summer.
00:22So the easiest thing for me to do is do nothing,
00:25and everyone would praise me for doing nothing.
00:27But we really believe in it, and time
00:30will tell if I'm right.
00:31Defense wins championships, and we're
00:33bringing in one of the best two-way players in the league.
00:35A lot of people don't talk about what he does defensively
00:38and offensively, but if you guys,
00:40you can name first-team all-NBA players that are also
00:43first-team all-defensive players.
00:45That's a unique unicorn to try to find,
00:48and we're able to find that.
00:49And as well, you look at Max Christie.
00:52He was their starting two guard, guarded all the top players
00:55in the league, and he's young and athletic and bouncy
00:58and gets his hands on lots of balls.
01:00So we really feel that they're adding into the culture
01:04that we're trying to create here.
01:06We feel that defense wins championships,
01:08and we're excited to go.
01:10We feel like we're built to win now as well as in the future.