Harrison held a news conference on Tuesday in which attendance was limited and recording devices were prohibited.

Luka Dončić waltzed into Dallas on Wednesday and hung 45 points on the Mavericks in a take-that performance that had to have general manager Nico Harrison -- and anybody else who had anything to do with quite possibly the dumbest trade in sports history -- absolutely dying inside and wondering,

After the Dončić trade went down, it became clear that Cuban didn't hold the same power he had wielded for two decades in Dallas.