Recently fired former Dallas Mavericks GM Nico Harrison will always be linked with two-time NBA MVP Steph Curry. Harrison, then Nike’s vice president of basketball operations in North America, botched a meeting with the Golden State Warriors star in 2013. Stories emerged that he called the point guard “Stephon” and used a slide that featured Kevin Durant’s name in the presentation.The controversial meeting has resurfaced after Curry’s split from Under Armour, the brand he signed with after spurning Nike. Harrison himself grabbed headlines when the Mavericks dismissed him as the team’s president of basketball operations and general manager. The firing came nine months after Harrison traded Luka Doncic to the LA Lakers for Anthony Davis.In 2022, via the “Point Forward” podcast hosted by Andre Iguodala and Evan Turner, Nico Harrison discussed the infamous conversation with Steph Curry. Harrison insisted that it was not he who mispronounced Curry’s name. He said that he had known Curry since “he was in high school” and used to represent the father, Dell Curry.However, Harrison conceded that he might have called the Warriors star “Seth,” Steph’s younger brother. The disaster presentation ended with Curry leaving Nike for Under Armour in 2013 for $4 million. He stayed with the company until Thursday, when the basketball star and UA announced that they had separated. According to a statement from the brand, the Curry 13 will still drop in February 2026 despite the split.Steph Curry is 1-0 against Nico Harrison in NBA playoffsIn 2022, Steph Curry led the Golden State Warriors to the top of the Western Conference, where they faced Nico Harrison’s Dallas Mavericks. Behind Curry, the Dubs comfortably sent the Mavs home in five games. The point guard averaged 23.8 points, 7.4 assists, 6.6 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game in the series.Luka Doncic, then Harrison’s franchise player, led the Mavericks with 32.0 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 6.0 apg and 1.6 spg. Doncic would eventually carry his team to the NBA Finals two years later. Eight months after pushing the Mavs to the championship round, Harrison would trade Doncic to the LA Lakers.