12-18-2021, 09:42 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-18-2021, 09:43 AM by hakeemfaan.)
Fif. Reading about Nico previously, it doesn’t seem like he ever at any point worked on identifying raw talent that others missed. It seems that he was fortunate to be placed in working with elite stars who were already on everyone’s radar. No doubt he did a dang good job at that, but that is not the same as talent evaluation. In fact a case could be made about them whiffing on Steph as one of the true difficult evaluations they had to make, and failed.
The GM job is a different beast. IMO if we resign ourselves to the fact that no superstar FA is going to automatically choose Dallas, it will be the first step towards getting out of the funk this franchise has been under since they won the title. Hit doubles and then try for a bases clearing double. Stack chips than be infatuated with the home run. Know when to get out of bad contracts and build assets in terms of picks.
Being on speed dial with elite stars is IMO not going to be of much help for Nico here. I would have preferred someone who had a front office experience in identifying talent and working deep in the weeds. Either way we would not be high on any elite superstar’s list but at least we would have someone who had some experience in the more realistic way the Mavs can get back to contention.
I do wish Nico the best but to put in Dirk’s words, we are depending upon hope and prayer for someone to do something we have no idea if he is good at or not.
The GM job is a different beast. IMO if we resign ourselves to the fact that no superstar FA is going to automatically choose Dallas, it will be the first step towards getting out of the funk this franchise has been under since they won the title. Hit doubles and then try for a bases clearing double. Stack chips than be infatuated with the home run. Know when to get out of bad contracts and build assets in terms of picks.
Being on speed dial with elite stars is IMO not going to be of much help for Nico here. I would have preferred someone who had a front office experience in identifying talent and working deep in the weeds. Either way we would not be high on any elite superstar’s list but at least we would have someone who had some experience in the more realistic way the Mavs can get back to contention.
I do wish Nico the best but to put in Dirk’s words, we are depending upon hope and prayer for someone to do something we have no idea if he is good at or not.