(11-12-2025, 11:31 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: Just great….from the latest athletic article

Monday’s loss to the Bucks marked the sixth straight game Davis has missed with a left calf strain. Multiple league sources said Davis has tried to convince the Mavs to let him return to the court, and Harrison urged him to return, but the team’s medical staff forbade it, citing the potential for a torn Achilles if Davis returned too soon.

(11-12-2025, 11:39 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: From the athletic article it mentions poor hires by Nico, lack of accountability by him, and how he was sensitive if you disagreed with him.

For the Nico replacement, Christian Clark said if it was Riccardi it would be a clear sign of Kidd's sway with Dumont.  If it was Lindsey, it would be a clear show that Cuban has re-established himself as a strong voice in the organization.  I am not sure making either comfortable (Kidd or Mark) is a high importance to me.  Either may be fine or good selections, but I hope the Mavs look deeper.

(11-12-2025, 10:55 AM)Kidnova Wrote: So we get mad when our local owners get too involved in personnel decisions and don't listen to the guys they hired to run the team, and we also get mad when ownership listens to their GM/coach.  I've already stated my opinion that I put 95% of the Luka deal on Nico/Kidd, so I'm not ready to pull out the pitchforks for this ownership group after then just excised a big part of that decision.

(11-12-2025, 12:28 PM)BoredAssistant Wrote: That's fair but Dumont and ownership will be heavily scrutinized from now on and with good reason.

(11-12-2025, 11:32 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: ...We would do well as a city to move on from all of this and be about embracing the Flagg era...

(11-12-2025, 12:31 PM)Kidnova Wrote: I agree. I'm personally remaining neutral towards this ownership team until I see how they treat the franchise over the next two years.  If they do what some people have suggested and give Kidd more control, then that will start to raise my level of concern.

(11-12-2025, 12:37 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I still LIKE the idea of an ownership group that puts basketball in control and lets them work. I'm still a believe in the idea that this approach represents an improvement over how Cuban ran the team. But, they need to be the right basketball people, and when things are working those basketball people need to be held accountable. 

(11-12-2025, 12:51 PM)cow Wrote:  if what Gump was posting about Cuban getting a bigger role again is true, I'd be pretty conflicted about the Mavs going forward. 

(11-12-2025, 01:08 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I see this point. Really, I do. 

Counterpoint: For all of Cuban's faults and failures, he wouldn't have allowed the events of the past 9 months to happen. If I was Dumont and I desperately wanted to swing the PR momentum back towards a manageable place, I'd probably put Cuban into more of a front-facing position, too. He's better at dealing with the media than anyone who has tried to communicate anything on behalf of the Mavs for a while, that's for sure, and there are still fans who love him (somehow). Further, I'd go so far as to suggest that IF Cuban had been allowed to continue on in the role he wanted, at least for a year or two, Dumont probably would've learned some things in a less costly way. 

Ultimately, I think Cuban could have a role that has a chance of making sense. Not pushed completely out of the circle, but ALSO not the ultimate decider (which he'll clearly never be again, having lost ownership control). I'm not suggesting that a return to Cuban as the final word might be a good thing, and in fact I think there's basically no chance that happens. 

I think the fans' relentlessness is primarily responsible for Harrison making it only 11 games into this season, but it sure seems like Cuban is the one who got through to Dumont with some variation of "look, man, this just has to be done. No way around it." For today, at least, Cuban gets some gratitude from me.

(11-12-2025, 01:08 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: Pretty crazy to look back and see Nico was brought in as a relationship guy with strong communicative skills.    Boy, was that off.

(11-12-2025, 01:19 PM)cow Wrote: I fully agree that had Cuban been in that role, Luka never would have been traded, but since that is spilled milk, he is way less useful now unless we want to go back to impatience around team building and spinning our wheels why wasting years of superstar talent.  I really don't think he needs to be involved in digging us out of the hole that was dug to put a supporting cast around Luka, especially since we didn't refill that hole with the trade pieces that were brought back.  We need someone that can execute a really long term plan and is okay with having an arm or two tied behind his back while rebuilding.  Hard for me to give Cuban credit when he's responsible for setting all these balls in motion.  I'd rather give the vocal fans their due.

(11-12-2025, 02:30 PM)Dirknows Wrote: I want zero input from Cuban. We’ll end up in an even worse spot by trying to salvage this season. I want a GM to come in and gather assets and build around Cooper.

(11-12-2025, 02:36 PM)cow Wrote: I wish Presti was on the market.

(11-12-2025, 03:10 PM)Jmaciscool Wrote: I mean, he's gotta be kinda bored right now after winning the championship and perfectly setting up his team for the future, right? Maybe he'd like a new challenge...

(11-12-2025, 03:51 PM)cow Wrote: I'd money whip him and offer him a minority stake in the team if I were Dumont.