Plus first round reaction polling
This week’s Dallas Mavericks centric polling parsed no words. It has two direct questions, with yes or no answers. The results honestly surprised me and while it won’t have any impact on what Dallas Mavericks ownership does moving forward, it’s a fascinating snapshot to see where the fans are of this Dallas team.
The first question ask if general manager Nico Harrison should be fired:
96%! That’s a whole lot of people. I doubt we could get 96% of people to agree on anything. Fans are currently and clearly sick of Harrison’s bad public relations tour where he doubled down on his trade of Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers. Good luck to him with that, he’s already a joke.
The second question was also direct: Should Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd retain his job?
A slight majority say yes, he should be fired. Nowhere near the numbers of Harrison, and this surprises me. To me, it says that Harrison’s getting most of the blame and Kidd is still pure in the eyes of enough fans (or they think he’s not ultimately responsible for the trade and should still coach).
The national poll this week had more options and is worth taking a look at relative to the odds.
The Lakers are a -118 to win the series per FanDuel and 28% of fans thing they’ll win the series despite losing game one. The Clippers are now a -420 to win versus the Nuggets but when this poll was conducted the Nuggets were up 1-0 whereas now Los Angeles is up 2-1. A fun one might be picking the Houston Rockets, who are +140 still despite the Golden State Warriors missing Jimmy Butler for at least game there.
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