The Mavericks, like most NBA teams, had a preexisting relationship with Harrison because of his many years working at Nike. It also didn’t hurt that Harrison already had a close relationship with Jason Kidd, who was the preferred choice of several prominent figures within the Mavericks’ organization to succeed Carlisle on the bench after Kidd’s on-court contributions to Dallas’ first (and only) championship in 2011. Yet I’m told that the Mavericks did lean on Sportsology in their search for a new lead salary-cap strategist — they hired Andrew Baker away from Brooklyn — and for post-hiring counsel on building a front-office structure around Harrison and new vice president of basketball operations Michael Finley.