(06-16-2021, 03:08 PM)omahen Wrote: I somehow just doubt Luka is super involved in any team building or front office decisions. I think he just wants to play basketball and win. Of course I might be wrong, but I just haven't seen anything that would indicate differently. Giving all the power to a 22 year old kid would be totally wrong anyway...

(06-16-2021, 03:29 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: They have a month and a half to get things in order.

(06-16-2021, 03:18 PM)omahen Wrote: I guess from the big names we know he is the only one that fits the bill. Of course I don't think any of us has much of an idea which assistant GM or something is widely respected in NBA circles.

(06-16-2021, 03:36 PM)TXBamanut Wrote: I'm also skeptical that Spears knows what he talking about, because he can't even pronounce Luka's name...it's not absolute, but it sure makes me skeptical.

(06-16-2021, 03:29 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: They have a month and a half to get things in order.

(06-16-2021, 03:32 PM)JamesConway Wrote: You had to fire him before he ruined another offseason. What the Mavs pulled off the last years was shameful. 

Put it this way: the chances of Donnie for once actually getting the job done? Close to zero. 

The chances someone new does a better job? Potentially much better depending on who they sign. An effin stud like Ujiri would right the ship quickly and the sooner you allow him to come onboard the better.

(06-16-2021, 03:37 PM)JamesConway Wrote: Timing is obviously pretty awful but this is the right move. Donnie has done a terrible job the last ten years. Keeping him would have meant ruining the Luka era. How many more shots does he need to prove that he can’t get anybody of significance in FA. Even his big trades more often than not backfired (Rondo, KP, Noel) and we don’t even have to talk about the draft. 

And if we blame all of this on Cuban then it still would be on Donnie for being too weak to actually change something. If he’s just a pushover then he’s not the right guy.

(06-16-2021, 03:33 PM)Dahlsim Wrote: Yes Luka is 22 I get that but these "kids" today, at Luka's level, have hundred million dollar and billion dollar "camps" around them. 

There has to be a Luka "camp", Agent, Mom, closest friends and players.   
They aren't all 22 and some may have opinions on this stuff which gets to Luka. 
This may already be playing out in some opinion on the firing of Donnie.

(06-16-2021, 03:40 PM)ClutchDirk Wrote: Voulgaris is not necessarily going to leave the front office.

(06-16-2021, 03:51 PM)Kammrath Wrote: We don't know enough to determine whether Voulgaris is good at his job or not. Cuban SHOULD know. He should know what Voulgaris has pushed for and not pushed for and then have the results of these last few years to reflect on.

It wouldn't surprise me if Voulgaris is anti-social and hard to get along with, but incredibly good at offering perspectives and advice. 

I think Cato did his job in his article, but I do not necessarily trust the perspectives of his sources...they obviously had an axe to grind, so their perspectives were probably dripping and tainted in high emotions and frustrations.

Point being, I wouldn't give up on Voulgaris as a fan until I really see more evidence.

(06-16-2021, 02:55 PM)ClutchDirk Wrote: So now on Twitter Bob's title has changed to head collector...

F him...

(06-16-2021, 03:51 PM)Kammrath Wrote: We don't know enough to determine whether Voulgaris is good at his job or not. Cuban SHOULD know. He should know what Voulgaris has pushed for and not pushed for and then have the results of these last few years to reflect on.

It wouldn't surprise me if Voulgaris is anti-social and hard to get along with, but incredibly good at offering perspectives and advice. 

I think Cato did his job in his article, but I do not necessarily trust the perspectives of his sources...they obviously had an axe to grind, so their perspectives were probably dripping and tainted in high emotions and frustrations.

Point being, I wouldn't give up on Voulgaris as a fan until I really see more evidence.

(06-16-2021, 03:40 PM)TXBamanut Wrote: I don't disagree, because Donnie hasn't really gotten the players.  He's like a guy with a penchant for making half court shots to win the game, but gets torched the rest of the time.

BUT...I am like of all the times for things to come crashing down within this org, with all this stuff, right before Luka is scheduled to sign the max extension...good grief.

While I don't think Spears knows what he thinks he knows, if he's right and Luka isn't down with this...this is the WORST time.  I'd have rather gotten that signature...then booted Donnie.

(06-16-2021, 03:55 PM)ClutchDirk Wrote: Changing Twitter title to Head Collector is enough evidence IMO...

(06-16-2021, 03:43 PM)HanspardsShowerVoice Wrote: Really, the best thing that potentially comes out of this, even moreso than the actual hire, is just a complete restructure of the Mavs Front Office decision process.     Things were obviously broken and disconnected in various ways between the major parties.    The Rondo trade, even though Carlisle obviously wanted nothing to do with him for example.   The disconnect on having no real established plan on how they were going to  get game minutes and develop drafted players.   On and on and on.   A three headed monster where none of the three heads were on the same page.  The entire process just needs to be gutted and rebuilt like an old dilapidated house, and removing the Donnie familiarity crutch allows them to finally do that.