The day after the Mavs general manager traded Luka Doncic to the L.A. Lakers, Harrison met with reporters in Cleveland, before their game against the Cavaliers on Feb. 2. That session, which included coach Jason Kidd, was before a group of media that was a fraction compared to the SRO crowd that showed at the team’s practice facility on Friday.

A team with a drastically reduced championship window — that’s what happens when you send a 25-year-old superstar to LA in exchange for a 31-year-old —

For Harrison, winning just one title without Dončić won't do. He is all in, cards to the center of the table, certain he will prevail.