(11-14-2025, 02:07 AM)FireNicoHarrison Wrote: Gump, do you really think that Exum can resolve all our playmaking problems?

(11-14-2025, 03:49 AM)F Gump Wrote: I never said Exum was The Answer at PG. 

But yes, he is an NBA-caliber PG. Already proven and capable. Could be one piece in a multi-player PG-by-committee until Kyrie came back. The same was true with BWill. I saw them as two actual PGS with some experience on the team to run the offense. 

I expected DAR and CF could be workable as secondary ball handlers alongside. And maybe in time they could take more of the load.

And eventually Kyrie will be back to be the main guy. 

But we didn't get Exum (yet). Or BWill until several games into the season, and then having to get up to speed. And Kyrie was never expected until mid-season or so. So we started with ZERO PGs with any experience on this team to run the offense. You need 2. 

Of course it was a disaster. No one knew the Mavs would be starting the season with no one to be PG except the secondary guys (DAR, CF) who had less-refined skills and no experience with this team. I certainly didn't calculate their chances with no PG at all to start the season. Who knew? ~shrug~  

Except the Mavs knew. That's the part that is weird. Why would THEY opt for such a path with no PGs at all? In any event, they have neither Kyrie NOR Exum, and lots of other injured players every game, and we have to deal with what we have.

(11-14-2025, 08:32 AM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: https://basketnews.com/news-235018-jason-kidds-son-publicly-criticizes-him-for-starting-flagg-at-pg.html


JKidd's son, TJ, publicly criticizes him for playing CF at PG

(11-14-2025, 11:05 AM)khaled1987 Wrote: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/46957985/nba-intel-execs-scouts-sinking-mavs-lebron-lakers-spurs


Brian "I spoke with rival executives" Windhorst is saying there seems to be a belief we might trade AD, but it is also a question on whether or not we could get a desirable return. They also cite tax as an incentive to move on and build around CF. Why pay tax for a team going nowhere? Why pay AD a massive contract to his late 30's

(11-14-2025, 11:05 AM)khaled1987 Wrote: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/46957985/nba-intel-execs-scouts-sinking-mavs-lebron-lakers-spurs


Brian "I spoke with rival executives" Windhorst is saying there seems to be a belief we might trade AD, but it is also a question on whether or not we could get a desirable return. They also cite tax as an incentive to move on and build around CF. Why pay tax for a team going nowhere? Why pay AD a massive contract to his late 30's

(11-14-2025, 12:18 PM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/1989370537542574408


Lively is starting at center tonight, according to Shams.

(11-14-2025, 12:16 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: I don’t understand this.  I know AD is looking for an extension but I am sorry he is not getting it now.  His contract runs for 2 or 3 more years.  That is mid 30’s, not late 30’s.

If I am not getting an offer that I really like, I am keeping him.  I get the timelines do not match with Cooper but AD should have more solid years ahead of him.  

Mavs get a top 8 pick or better and I really don’t care what they do with AD.  I would be in no hurry to move him…especially at a discount rate.  
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(11-13-2025, 08:12 PM)cow Wrote: GM contracts are not typically public, but it looks like Bob Myers was offered north of 10m in 2023 to become what would be the highest paid GM in the league (though, how does a reporter know who is the highest if that information is not readily available?).  Not that I don't believe you, but Donnie getting $30 million per year sounds fishy.

(11-14-2025, 12:44 PM)khaled1987 Wrote: He has one more season beside this one with another year player option that he will decline. Which means he will demand an extension in the summer, or a trade for a team that will give him one.

So, the idea here, is that this is a package that affects his value, for both the Mavs and any team that trade for him.

Mavs can't afford to lose AD for free in 2027, and you have to ask whether or not you should renew him. A 2 year extension will mean he will be 36 at the end of it, and soon.

(11-14-2025, 08:38 AM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: https://www.si.com/nba/charles-barkley-sounded-off-nico-harrison-firing-scapegoat-mavericks


Chuck says Nico is being made the scapegoat.

(11-14-2025, 02:34 PM)fifteenth Wrote: I've seen way too many media talking heads say that Nico was a scapegoat. That's alternate universe talk.

(11-14-2025, 02:40 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: He was hired here, not to actually be a GM, because Cuban's plan was to keep doing that, but to establish a connection between the Mavericks and the modern African American athlete pipeline. And, that part worked. Harrison is well-liked in many circles, so it doesn't surprise me that people are going out of their way to defend him. He's their pal, after all. That's what Cuban liked when he hired the guy. 

Honestly, going back to the Donnie Nelson exit and examining the chain of events from then until now with the benefit of hindsight, what's really fascinating is how specifically all of the variables fell into place to make the current hell a reality.

(11-14-2025, 05:58 PM)fifteenth Wrote: I know Cuban was hands on at that time, but I believe Nico's title was General Manager and President of Basketball Operations. I'm not going to argue against the point that Cuban was hands on of course.

But Nico had all the power, except that he needed a "yes" from the ownership, when he made the Luka trade.