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Presti's track record overall is great. So is your point that I am cherry-picking an unexpected miss under Riccardi amid a sea of great roster-development successes, where he's simply just like Presti? I can't make a case for that sort of success overall, to make me think Riccardi's the "expert" to bank on. Can you?

Presti was just a nobody until he wasn´t. Who says Riccardi can´t be a great GM? The problem is not Riccardi himself. The problem is do we have somebody smart enough to judge whether Riccardi is smart enough. 

A young hungry smart GM willing to put in the extra hours can be as useful or even more useful than a GM that has already put in his 20 years and is willing to go on cruise control on his last fat contract.

I think all things considered we have not seen a true headscratcher since Nico was fired, maybe the Tyus Jones trade. The tanking seems to be executed properly for Mavs standards. If they really stay ahead of Memphis and catch New Orleans that would be an A+. There was no chance to catch any of the other tankers.

I´d feel very comfortable with Lindsey as the President of Basketball Operations to make the final decisions, but leaving the day-to-day operations to a GM Riccardi, while Finley functions as a Team Manager.