Nico Harrison Watching Luka Doncic Play From the Mavs’ Tunnel Led to Lots of Jokes

Kristen Wong | Apr 9, 2025

Screengrab on Twitter/ @TheHoopCentral

The stars were out on Wednesday night for the highly anticipated matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks, which marked Luka Doncic's first game back at American Airlines Center.

LeBron James consoled Doncic during his Mavericks tribute video and then faced off against former teammate Anthony Davis on the court for the first time since the blockbuster trade. Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka made an early appearance in the arena and was seen chatting with an ex-player pregame.

As for the man of the hour, Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison was in the house, too—just not necessarily in plain sight.

Harrison was seen watching the start of the game from, out of all places, the entrance of the players' tunnel.

Broadcast caught Nico hiding 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/cCdCBoGHbF

— MFFL (@Mavs_FFL) April 10, 2025

The man who orchestrated the Doncic trade and forever changed the course of the Mavs organization seemed to have no interest in getting heckled out in the open, choosing a much more remote spot to watch the game in peace.

NBA fans made lots of jokes at Harrison's expense:

Nico hiding in the tunnel pic.twitter.com/oagJWhYs54

— the revolution lives (@MVPLuka77) April 10, 2025

“Fire Nico!” chants while the man himself hides

Lmao pic.twitter.com/3tQOsKYldb

— Josh Reynolds (@JoshReynolds24) April 10, 2025

man who preaches “mamba mentality” yet hides in the tunnel surrounded by security in his own arena https://t.co/U5zvKa0KMh

— coopz (@Coopz___) April 10, 2025

Mavs fans https://t.co/H7MCxTa3tm pic.twitter.com/OXVl3V9VpJ

— Tylur (@JokicEnjoyer) April 10, 2025

https://t.co/sB4tWPVG0J pic.twitter.com/BQBfGaKCMN

— Cameron Symlar (@CameronSym10) April 9, 2025

Nico as soon as this game over https://t.co/BovYy1R6aX pic.twitter.com/n8gUgzpHIR

— Alexa Tsudik (@AlexaRenee189) April 10, 2025

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