Mavs' PJ Washington confronts fan, who calls' Fire Nico 'during the free throw:' sick and tired to hear it '

The fans of Dallas Mavericks are still in mourning (well, still grief) about the already notorious trade, which sent the franchise pillar Luka Dončić to Los Angeles Lakers for a package around Anthony Davis. Dallas went downhill immediately after the deal when Davis was injured in his first game and had not yet returned, while the Star Guard Kyrie Irving was lost for the season due to a torn ACL in early March.

As a result, the Mavericks have had an absolutely crater-strict manner since Irving's injuries, 1-6 in the Western Conference rating since the trading period from No. 8 in 10th place.

The main culprit in the eyes of Mavericks fans was General Manager Nico Harrison, who assumed full responsibility for trade That most experts still have difficulty understanding at every level. Since the announcement of the deal, Mavericks fans have made “Fire Nico” a common chorus, which even leads to a fan From a game in February According to the mouth of the words on the jumbootron.

The situation clearly frustrated the outsider, PJ Washington, who confronted himself with a fan who screamed twice “Fire Nico” when he was on the Freiawurflinie on Sunday during the 130-125 defeat of Dallas against the Philadelphia 76ers. According to reports, Mavs striker Naji Marshall spoke to his fan after the first time and then, after the fan repeated it, Washington screamed “Halt Yo Ass Up” before taking his second free throw.

Washington discussed the situation after the game and explained why he no longer wanted to hear “Fire Nico” from Mavericks fans.

“Ultimately, business happen. We understand that we now have a new team,” said Washington. “All the 'Fire Nico' stuff, we are full to hear it. We just want to go out and play there, and we want the fans to support us, no matter who is on the floor. I feel that way.”

Max Christie, who came from the Lakers in trade with Dončić, also reacted to the chants.

“Definitely not to hear comfortably, but I can't comment on much to be honest,” said Christie. “We get a lot of money just to play basketball. For us, we have little things like this who may be distracting, and what not – it should not affect us. We are professionals. We are the best in what we do in this sport. The distractions will be there, and we have to be able to overcome them and not to get over and not allow us.

Christie's feeling is one that they generally hear from the players and says that the behavior of the fans should not have any influence on their performance. At Washington's point, however, it must be extremely old if you always complain about something that happened over a month ago, while the players are out there to do their best to win games and put an entertaining product on the floor.

Unfortunately for Washington and all other players who may have upset themselves, it will probably not stop until the Mavericks start to win again or decide to relieve Nico. And the things can strengthen the closer we come to Dončić's return to Dallas on April 9th.