(06-25-2021, 11:20 PM)jesusshuttlesworth82 Wrote: Cuban’s restructuring of his surrounding influences unsurprisingly leaves him, once again, with ultimate authority. It’s why the team never held serious discussions with established front office candidates, both vaunted ones like Toronto’s Masai Ujiri but also rising candidates with clear expectations of control. Cuban did solicit lists of promising executives around the league, sources say, which were indeed sent to Mike Forde’s consulting firm Sportsology. But league sources always viewed the firm’s involvement as a public relations ploy more than Cuban seriously considering any concession of decision-making influence.
I feel like Cato is letting his personal opinion of Cuban shade his reporting. He notes that Cuban hired Sportsology to help with the search and confirms that they did in fact collect names of various candidates around the league. He also never claims that Sportsology didn't recommend Nico. So the line about it being a PR ploy rather than a genuine effort to give up control makes no sense. Cuban never said he planned to give up control, and it sounds to me like Sportsology helped him find a well-respected candidate perfectly willing to work with him on his terms. Which was exactly what he hired them to do.