(04-17-2023, 04:24 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: From Stein:
League sources tell The Stein Line that the Mavericks, fresh off plummeting from the Western Conference finals into the lottery, are in advanced discussions to hire former Utah Jazz lead decision-maker Dennis Lindsey to join the organization as a special assistant to general manager Nico Harrison.
Dallas’ front office is headed by Harrison and assistant general manager and former Mavericks All-Star guard Michael Finley — with the longstanding involvement, as seen since he bought the franchise in January 2000, from Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. Harrison’s most recent two hires came from the Brooklyn Nets: Senior director of pro personnel Matt Riccardi and senior director of salary cap and strategy Andrew Baker.
Sources say Harrison has been looking for an experienced sounding-board voice to join the Mavericks in a consultant’s role dating to last offseason. This is a pivotal summer in Dallas, with the Mavericks not only faced with trying to re-sign Kyrie Irving in free agency but addressing well-chronicled concerns about its interior and wing defense and rebounding despite limited trade assets or salary-cap flexibility to make moves.
Finally. I think he is a very respected figure around the league.
I stumbled accross this today and I remember Hollinger writing about "no depth" in the Mavs FO when they parted with Donnie.
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(1) Mavs Film Room ?? on Twitter: ".@EricPincus shared some great insight into his perceived weaknesses of the Mavs’ front office: There isn’t enough healthy disagreement or collaboration because the FO is smaller than other teams’. Apple: https://t.co/UqH3vjfv97 Spotify: https://t.co/6afpY3YQ0D ??? https://t.co/PH8HEU4bHF" / Twitter
Also of note - what is with Mavs and NY? Not only the two FO signings came from BKN. It was also the Kyrie trade. And KP for SD as a former BKN guy (do you still remember big words Cuban used when they made the move and how they discussed it in NY). Most of the other players that came in latetly were playing in NY (THJ, FN, Bullock, Pinson). Is NY the only town Cuban is doing business with?
