06-25-2021, 11:20 PM
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.