MAVS NEWS:

[RasheedsBigWhiteSpot]

I would use Klay as the piece that allows the Mavs to move up from #30. Use his value on the court and his expiring contract to move up in exchange for, perhaps, taking on an extra year for someone.

Small trade
Hawks get Klay and #30
Mavs get Kispert (3 yrs), Hield (2 yrs) and #23

Medium trade
Hornets get Klay, Gafford and #30
Mavs get Green, Williams Mann (2 yrs) and #18

BIG Trade
Mavs get Paul George (2yrs $110 mil rem.), #22, 2027 1st LAC, 2028 swap
Sixers get Klay, Gafford, Naji and Martin

Sixers would clear a ton of cap space and build out their team on Embiid's limited timeline. This would make for a valuable expiring contract at next season's TDL.

[david75090]

While watching the finals I was thinking about the Mavs not having hired a coach. Got me to thinking that person might be an assistant on one of those finals teams, or it's someone under contract waiting for the NBA calendar year end, whatever that might encompass. At any rate, with a little over a week before the draft, the Mavs have no coach. Surely that person is already identified and communicating with the Mavs brain trust.

[KillerLeft]

While watching the finals I was thinking about the Mavs not having hired a coach. Got me to thinking that person might be an assistant on one of those finals teams, or it's someone under contract waiting for the NBA calendar year end, whatever that might encompass. At any rate, with a little over a week before the draft, the Mavs have no coach. Surely that person is already identified and communicating with the Mavs brain trust.

I had that thought, too, but the Magic made their hiring of Sweeney official a couple of weeks back, and he's an assistant for the Spurs. That doesn't mean there isn't a coach on one of those teams the Mavs are hoping to hire, but if it was official or even close, their proximity to every NBA reporter in the world over the past couple of weeks would've made it even more likely to get announced, I'm guessing.

[Scott41theMavs]

I had that thought, too, but the Magic made their hiring of Sweeney official a couple of weeks back, and he's an assistant for the Spurs. That doesn't mean there isn't a coach on one of those teams the Mavs are hoping to hire, but if it was official or even close, their proximity to every NBA reporter in the world over the past couple of weeks would've made it even more likely to get announced, I'm guessing.

Well, the headless chicken scurrying is making one thing clear - they felt they needed to get rid of Kidd ASAP, fallout be damned.

[F Gump]

While watching the finals I was thinking about the Mavs not having hired a coach. Got me to thinking that person might be an assistant on one of those finals teams, or it's someone under contract waiting for the NBA calendar year end, whatever that might encompass. At any rate, with a little over a week before the draft, the Mavs have no coach. Surely that person is already identified and communicating with the Mavs brain trust.

It's a bit puzzling to me why it has taken so long, but maybe the NBA isn't in as much hurry as we think. Or maybe the process takes longer than we would expect.

After a long public search, NY hired Mike Brown on July 7, 2024 2025 (oops!). That's one example. We can also observe that there are other teams right now, not just the Mavs, who are still working through the process and haven't made a decision yet. 

Obviously, any former coach is available at any time. Any NBA assistant has been VERY available to obtain already. And if we assume they aren't planning on an existing head coach, those have generally been as available already as they will ever be. 

One plausible explanation to me that is a bit more satisfying is that they have their focus on a Euro coach whose contract and commitments require them to wait. But who knows. 

Other than that, it seems they are really dragging their feet.

[david75090]

It's a bit puzzling to me why it has taken so long, but maybe the NBA isn't in as much hurry as we think. Or maybe the process takes longer than we would expect.

After a long public search, NY hired Mike Brown on July 7, 2024. That's one example. We can also observe that there are other teams right now, not just the Mavs, who are still working through the process and haven't made a decision yet. 

Obviously, any former coach is available at any time. Any NBA assistant has been VERY available to obtain already. And if we assume they aren't planning on an existing head coach, those have generally been as available already as they will ever be. 

One plausible explanation to me that is a bit more satisfying is that they have their focus on a Euro coach whose contract and commitments require them to wait. But who knows. 

Other than that, it seems they are really dragging their feet.

I'm thinking that it's like with their Head Honcho. He was not known to us, but had already agreed to run the Mavs. Surely they'd like input from their new coach, and that person has a handshake deal already, but not announced. Or they're still looking and expect the new coach to deal with whoever is on the roster.

[michaeltex]

I hear this guy is available...

[michaeltex]

It's a bit puzzling to me why it has taken so long, but maybe the NBA isn't in as much hurry as we think. Or maybe the process takes longer than we would expect.

After a long public search, NY hired Mike Brown on July 7, 2024. That's one example. We can also observe that there are other teams right now, not just the Mavs, who are still working through the process and haven't made a decision yet. 

Obviously, any former coach is available at any time. Any NBA assistant has been VERY available to obtain already. And if we assume they aren't planning on an existing head coach, those have generally been as available already as they will ever be. 

One plausible explanation to me that is a bit more satisfying is that they have their focus on a Euro coach whose contract and commitments require them to wait. But who knows. 

Other than that, it seems they are really dragging their feet.

Seems to me you'd want to get a HC on board so that he could start building out his staff. Apart from the imminent draft, free agency starts July 1st, then the summer league activities. So a lot of the key team assembling activities will take place over the next few weeks and you'd think the MBT would want some of the administrative stuff behind them.

[F Gump]

Not sure if this has already been posted, but it bears repeating on the damage Nico did.

This is about Casey Smith. From Yahoo Sports. https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/how-nico-harrison-helped-jalen-brunson-and-the-knicks-win-the-championship-183200468.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEGzHfM9WVBHM_dG6Fn2-P-jIThZOrBeQkLv-vPXqAbRpjCCP4dRm5CuIzp7kaK2Ouq16pFiayF3wZs4_HX2Ij6dnilo6ZzoE-NAcwOlEnvb2bwZ0griikAnmEMbm0xcqUqKHnZV612eLUw48vemeMwNXrS8JIjt4kzr6dp2gEqc

"In the wee hours after the Knicks won the championship on Saturday, Smith, the team's VP of Sports Medicine grabbed his phone and typed out a public message on X, tagging not only Brunson but also Knicks senior athletic trainer Heather Mau and Knicks shooting coach Peter Patton.

"Shout out to my real ones," Smith wrote. "They said we weren't a good fit for their culture. Said we weren't good enough in our roles. Peter Patton, Heather Mau, Jalen. We did and will continue to do the work."

I'll connect the dots for you. Smith and those three Knicks staffers were let go by Harrison's regime in Dallas in recent years."

Since CS has been gone, the Mavs have been killed by injuries. The hiring of an EXPERT medical staff is a MAJOR task that Ujiri needs to get right.

[Scott41theMavs]

I really liked the Masai hire, as well as the Schmitz hire. That said, if, in 8 days, we 1) still don’t have a coach, 2) still don’t have a medical staff, and 3) then pick Ament (with the 9th pick or, heaven forbid, trade up for him), then DallasMaverick can bash me as fickle, but I will then be an extremely antsy Mavs fan.

[F Gump]

Scott, I like your list of things that would frustrate you to see. Me too! Me too!

I also like that you are open to letting new insight adjust your opinions. I try to do the same, since I have to humbly accept that I may not know all when I initially form an opinion. (Who does?) IMO actions that some want to label "fickle" may often be better labeled as "not being close-minded in the face of additional, better data." Sometimes we get info we have never seen (or recognized) before, and when that happens, there's wisdom, not skittishness, in being open to adopt a new evaluation when we see more. Life is not static, and neither should our assessments be. As I see it.

[FireNicoHarrison]

Too much negative vibes here... Mostly from people who were excited about last year big lineup and Mavs chance to win the ring.

It's funny guys. Very funny.

[cow]

The no-coach thing hasn't really bothered me.  I wasn't the biggest fan of the Ujiri hire, but I'd really only have confidence in one man for threading the needle of this rebuild.  To be more positive, almost any front office is an upgrade to what we've had over the past...maybe ever.

[RoyTarpleysGhost]

pretty funny ending

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iNIpoYivTK8

[cow]

pretty funny ending

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iNIpoYivTK8

I need a drink.

[michaeltex]

I need a drink.

Here ya go...