(03-21-2026, 05:45 AM)Winter Wrote: I think picking the "perfect" GM is just setting yourself up for disappointment.
We all have preferences, but I'm not going to take my ball and go home because I'm unhappy with the choice.
"I think picking the "perfect" GM is just setting yourself up for disappointment" -- We can't get guarantees of perfection with any GM, so any ole GM will do? Yikes. What a give-up mindset.
Of course, that's what Cuban used the last time -- 'This shoe salesman has no GM skills or experience, but it doesn't matter, he has some relationships that will be helpful and he'll figure it out' -- and it led to the worst moves in the history of the NBA.
I want the guy with a proven track record of excellence in the needed skills for NBA roster building, not a warm body to fill the big seat because anyone will do. Superior in personnel evaluation (player, coach, staff) for all purposes, superior in negotiation for all purposes, superior in player development of players from all sources, superior in cap management decision-making in a hard cap world.
The Mavs need The Best, not any ole guy -- because whoever they have will be negotiating against and competing against the skills of The Best, when it comes to assembling a roster to win titles. I'm tired of seeing the Mavs' GM pantsed by those who are EXPERTS. Money should NOT be an obstacle. No excuses.
No GM can be perfect? So what. Some are regularly wayyyyyyyy better. They work the draft and free agency and trades and development and the cap way better than others. We see it over and over. They know how to win the draft, win the trades, win the negotiations, win the personnel needs, win the development quest. Why settle for mediocrity and newbs trying to learn on the job who don't have the proven skills yet? Why not the best?
Presti, please.
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