In the initial press conference the day after the already infamous trade, Nico Harrison said that he and Kidd had a "vision and a culture that we've wanted to create since we've been here," signaling that while Kidd wasn't brought in on the deal until late, he was on board. That does not seem to be the case, though.

A decision to fire a member of the Mavericks might have been the mark of the beginning of the end of the Luka Doncic era in Dallas.

Missing the playoffs is the least of their concerns, as the franchise is still dealing with the fallout of the seismic Luka Doncic trade from February. The Mavericks traded a generational 25-year-old in his prime for an older and more injury-prone star like Anthony Davis in a package that stunned everyone.