Despite months of 'Fire Nico' chants from Dallas Mavericks fans, it appears that the embattled general manager will be keeping his job. However, he won't have

Stephen A. Smith criticized Mavericks GM Nico Harrison for trading Luka Doncic to the Lakers, calling the decision "tone-deaf" and questioning the lack of additional assets received in return.

On First Take, Smith said he'd been told that it was actually Harrison who went to Mavericks' ownership to convince them that trading Doncic was the right choice. It wasn't a deal that the team's owners were exactly calling for when it happened.