Today, famous journalist Marc Stein wrote an article talking about the situation of the Lone Ranger. He said that Harrison lobbied Dumont, the current owner of the Mavericks, to restrict Cuban, the former Mavericks owner, from participating in team decision-making:

"Shortly after Cuban sold the team, Harrison began lobbying behind the scenes, trying to persuade Dumont (the current owner of the Mavericks) to restrict Cuban's participation in team decision-making. His reason was that it was impractical to report to two owners. At this year's trade deadline, Cuban not only lost him He publicly declared that he wanted to retain the decision-making power on team affairs and was completely excluded from all decisions. Therefore, Harrison was able to directly persuade Dumont to trade Doncic. Dumont lacked relevant experience and could not question the general manager's judgment. More importantly, he did not realize how damaging this plan proposed by Harrison would be."

Recently, the Mavericks fired general manager Nico Harrison.