Mavericks hire Mike Schmitz as GM, officially replacing Nico Harrison in new era for the franchise
Schmitz helps round out the Mavericks' new front office.
The Dallas Mavericks have hired Mike Schmitz as their new general manager, the team announced on Friday afternoon. We have hired Mike Schmitz as our General Manager. @Chime // #MFFL pic.
twitter. com/uZBxpQ1vlM — Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) May 8, 2026 The move coincides with a front office overhaul in Dallas and follows Masai Ujiri being hired as the team’s new president in early May. There has been a microscope on who this hire would be, given who they are replacing.
Former Mavericks GM Nico Harrison orchestrated the infamous trade of Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers. Following months of calls for his job, Harrison was fired in November 2025 after the Mavericks began the 2025-2026 season with a 3-8 record. Dallas had been conducting its GM search ever since.
Schmitz was most recently the assistant GM with the Portland Trail Blazers. He was suspended for two weeks in April after the NBA conducted an investigation and found that he and fellow Portland assistant GM Sergi Oliva had illegal contact with Yang Hansen two years before Portland drafted him, per The Athletic . The duo had scouted Hansen in 2023 in China, but teams are prohibited from contacting players before they make a declaration for the NBA Draft.