MAVS hire Masai Ujiri as new team President

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I thought one of the more telling moments of the news conference was when Masai talked about the Mav's young players -Flagg, Lively, Max (are we really talking about dumping Max?) AND Nembhard.  He seemed really emphatic when he talked about building around them.  Something that I've not seen mentioned anywhere...If Masai has has some inkling for months that this might happen, he has a plan.  Yeah, he talks about a transition period and needing to meet everyone.  But, someone that driven has been working his spreadsheets and watching tape.  He knows what he wants to do.

That especially applies to Kyrie.  Was he sincere in his desire to see Flagg and Irving on the floor together?  

The idea that Masai has already been putting together a plan and kinda knows what he wants to do, that's a great point. I think it's spot on. 

I believe that both Dumont and Masai already decided several months ago that he would be hired. The long Dec 2025 meeting in LV being the formal interview, preceded by a few calls, and followed up and then an agreement in Jan or so. That fits Kidd being told he was out of the running, because Dumont had already decided elsewhere. They just had to wait until TOR season ended by losing in the playoffs, which is why Dumont had the vague mid May time frame that suddenly was bumped to early May.