2021-2022 MAVS NEWS: 4th in West | WCF loss [ARCHIVED]

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I think all of this makes Cuban look the worst.   He seemed to run the franchise like a startup and his management style like a moth attracted to light.   Hopefully the new GM installs some discipline in all levels of basketball operations and Cuban lets them follow a plan.   

I think a lot of times we think of the home run trade we can pull off when in reality we have to focus on singles and doubles.  Sometimes those singles and doubles overperform.   I look at the moves the past few years and we were all over the place.   Delon Wright is a solid player but was not the type of player to play with Luka.   Wes Iwundu was a penny stock but it took him a few weeks to realize he wasn't the guy.   Compare that to a similar investment in Sterling Brown and that appears to be a much better fit in how we play....we will see though.  James Johnson just wasn't the right guy.  ETC.

I really hope the new leadership follows a strategy of Memphis.    Pick up Kyle Anderson.  Acquire and develop Dillon Brooks.    Make a small trade for DeAnthony MelTon.  Get Grayson Allen thrown into a trade.   Hit your non lottery draft picks.   Some of these moves are really small but they just have been making smart moves to build around their franchise player.

The "new management" in regards to personnel moves is something I find intriguing. 

Apparently, Nico's relevant expertise is on the organizational and management side, and even sympathetic press acknowledges that he has no experience in the draft, roster construction, trades, and other such aspects of the business. Those are evidently areas of expertise you don't master in a few weeks' time, and hopefully he will grow into the job. 

I agree with you that the front office strategy on roster construction has seemingly been lacking for a while now. However, as far as we are aware, no one with any level of experience in these critical fields has been added to the team. Being a shoe executive does not directly translate. 

I suspect this is not an accident. From my own experience, directors looking for a new executive who also want to keep their hands on the wheel, will look for someone who is a little under-qualified for the position. Someone younger than you would expect for the position, or someone from a related field who doesn't have direct experience. That type of person is less likely to want to import his own agenda and way of doing things, and less likely to resist being micromanaged. 

If Cuban is, as a practical matter, still the GM where such matters are concerned, I'm not sure how much of a change in philosophy we can expect. I, like you, will be hoping for at least some updating of their approach, but we'll have to see.