MAVS NEWS: Dudley Signs with Klutch| Unlikely Dud Goes to LAL

[mvossman]

Well no... He was not the "de facto #2"

The current Vice President of Basketball Operations (and assistant GM) is Michael Finley. Lindsey was an advisor. He definitely had a voice in the room, but there was no title to give him. You can't have 2 VP's of basketball operations or else we're venturing closer to a Cuban/Donnie Nelson led team where their favorite movie was American Psycho. Could they have money whipped him to stay in an advisory role? Maybe....  But there are only so many GM jobs in the league. Lindsey took 1 of 30 VP positions on a team. It's kind of a no brainer.


I thought Lindsey's job was to show the ropes to Nico and Finley. Give helpful advice and aid negotiation tactics. He had really no public role other than being in the background of a few pictures the last year. 

If you'd like, we can  give all the credit to Lindsey for every move made the last 12 months, which means Nico and Finley are horrible at their jobs and we're doomed. But before Lindsey was here the Mavs did make savvy trades that netted us Kyrie, Hardy and Dinwiddie. Were they as good as the the ones the Mavs made in the last year? No. Time will tell and we'll see how important Lindsey was in building this current iteration of the Mavs. 

I am saddened from the loss but I think Nico and Finley were the main guys the whole time.

We will find out. With no Cuban and no Lindsey there is not much question who is running the show now. Nico first two years were a disaster and didn’t seem any different than before. It was totally different since Lindsey joined. I think there is valid reason to be concerned.