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Brian Dameris' controversial rant on James Harden got deleted by Bally Sports Southwest's official X account, citing internal disagreement over its alignment with the Dallas Mavericks organization's values.

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Dallas Mavericks analyst Brian Dameris grabbed widespread attention with a video offering a bold perspective on why Los Angeles Clippers star James Harden poses a challenge for teams.

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Initially shared on the official Bally Sports Southwest account on the X platform (formerly known as Twitter), the video faced removal later on.

According to Sports Illustrated's Jimmy Traina, the decision to remove the clip was an internal one, driven solely by Bally Sports Southwest executives who believed the content "did not reflect the Mavericks organization."

The removal was not influenced externally, and the motivation was attributed to a disagreement with Dameris' perceived "editorializing," which supposedly clashed with the network's stated "values."

Dameris, a former executive for the Mavericks and once the Director of Basketball Development, took a bold stance in his critique of Harden. He characterized the new Clippers' reinforcement as a basketball prima donna accustomed to getting his way on teams but abruptly departing, likening him to the metaphorical "bad roommate" who fails to recognize their own shortcomings.

"Listen, James, if you've ever had those friends who had bad roommates over and over, they complained about their bad roommates, 'This guy is terrible, the bad roommate here.' They never thought, being self-aware enough, that they were the bad roommate. They're the problem.

"Hey James, you're the problem," Dameris exclaimed. "If this doesn't work this year in this system with this team, and you're gonna go and point fingers at everybody else, and you're gonna go back home and swiping right for another team, there's not gonna be anybody left. Because, James, you're not the Beard, you're not the system, you're the problem."

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