MAVS NEWS:

[Chicagojk]

Also must think Dumont has a strong idea. Tough to set your sights high but also try to keep Kidd around. Makes me think that conversations are happening and candidate(s) are fine with Kidd as head coach.

https://x.com/nationmffl/status/20393591...08538?s=61

[F Gump]

One thing that is pretty clear is Cuban is terrible at communication. You remember the Dragic trade confusion?  Who was the GM who they hired who quickly resigned and went back to Houston?  I can guarantee you Nico did not know he was only brought in to be the relationship guy when hired.   Then you had the Donnie/Bob V mess.   All leads back to Cuban being a bad communicator.  If you look at a lot of the problems the last 20 years it starts with that.   

It's not really about communication imo. It's a different level than that. 

The problem as I see it is that Cuban (a) has always seen himself as the smartest guy in the room, (b) has always thought he could do the NBA GM job expertly, once he got a bit of experience under  his belt, and © did not want to find, pursue, and pay for the expert to do expert-level GM things. But he would hire people to do some degree of GM-like things to essentially assist him. He seemed to infer to these guys that their would be the voice he listened to, therefore conveying authority, but he never really intended to let anyone else make the decisions. 

The guy you are thinking of is Rosas. But he was NOT hired to be GM, and in fact he quit once he recognized he was 3rd on the totem pole here in decision-making. 

Cuban never really intended to hire an actual GM to make decisions. He was always going to make the decisions - with helpers, of course, who may in some cases have done ALL the evaluation that was in a decision, but still it was Cuban ultimately left to do the picking between path A and path B. THAT was the problem, because he was just not as skilled in NBA GM things as he thought he was, and he made stupid choices at times that were MAJOR ones. (I think that's still the case, and what has him on his little rant tour against the Mavs, mad that he's not getting to make the decisions these days.)

[Chicagojk]

Outside of Lindsey this has been the most potential direction.  Dumont spoke with him last year and probably got to know him.

The biggest roadblocks are if Myers’s wants to be a GM again and that he currently has a big job.  I don’t think the second thing is a huge issue after the season.  Time will tell if he thinks a GM is in the past and has bigger plans now.

Also a role Myers would accept would be much more than GM.  Therefore, Ricardo and/or Finley could still keep senior level basketball roles. 

https://x.com/nationmffl/status/20393580...86806?s=61

Whether he is interested or the right person for the job is a different question, but I think Myers would be the ideal candidate Dumont is looking for to lead the basketball team.   Who knows though as we have very little info on what Dumont thinks.   

1) I don't think Dumont is looking for just a GM.   Dumont doesn't want to run the day to day basketball things.  He wants something more more than a GM imo.

2) I don't think Myers wants just a GM role to get him interested?  I don't think he wants to scout in Topeka one night and Lincoln the next.  I think he is interested in a much larger role that also has basketball decision making in it.  

3) Hiring a guy in this role, also allows room to keep Ricardi and/or Finley to do more of the daily GM functions.   Dumont allowing them to trade AD shows me he has some faith in them and thinks they have a place here (until they get offered a better job..if that comes)

So you are pretty much adding an established executive to run the organization.  One who has had success and sort of fits the role that I think Dumont is looking for.  We will see.  Heck, maybe can get some ownership stake once they buy back Cuban's percentage

[omahen]

Besides mentioning Myers as "most frequently whispered long shot option", Stein had a couple more things in his latest article:
- he mentions that his sources say Mavs would like to keep Kidd as a coach and that rumors about Kidd seeking to move into front office have been repeatedly downplayed by sources with knowledge of Mavs thinking
- his sources are also saying, that various executives who currently work as top aides to lead decision makers with other franchises have expressed backchannel interest
- it is expected that Riccardi and Finley will be considered for the full-time post

[Mavs2021]

Besides mentioning Myers as "most frequently whispered long shot option", Stein had a couple more things in his latest article:
- he mentions that his sources say Mavs would like to keep Kidd as a coach and that rumors about Kidd seeking to move into front office have been repeatedly downplayed by sources with knowledge of Mavs thinking
- his sources are also saying, that various executives who currently work as top aides to lead decision makers with other franchises have expressed backchannel interest
- it is expected that Riccardi and Finley will be considered for the full-time post

I´ll say what I have always said about team sports. There are teams in football or soccer that repeatedly go back to the same clubs or youth academies that identify, sign and develop young players and then move them on for a gigantic profit. I´m thinking instead of paying 80M on each of these transfer, why not just buy their whole scouting and player development staff. That probably costs you like 2-3M a year in total for 10-15 people. You save millions and millions on the transfer fees. 

And it´s the same in the NBA. The Grizzlies seemingly can identify and develop every person over 6 feet into an useful NBA player. #Omax How nobody has come after their scouting and player development staff is so weird to me.

Also the reported salary of Presti is allegedly $5M. That must be like Dirk´s minimum contracts, cause it makes no sense that Presti makes less money than Jaden Hardy. It´s impossible that not one of the major franchises has offered him 20M a year.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xIDCCgR8XQ&t=1484s


Was Kidd part of the decision to trade Luka?
lengthy story via YouTube.

[Chicagojk]

Actually forgot about him. Probably jot an nba player, but good press for him. He is elite blocking shots.

https://x.com/nbapr/status/2039719520017736116?s=61

[FireNicoHarrison]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xIDCCgR8XQ&t=1484s


Was Kidd part of the decision to trade Luka?
lengthy story via YouTube.

I told you guys.

[F Gump]

https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/maveri...0(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral

Cowlishaw on Cuban's recent rants. Right on target on Cuban and his weird agenda. He doesn't quite buy the legitimacy of the shots at Kidd, and saw Kidd's role (at most) as a powerless bystander who had no control to change anything. Also says Cuban wants to lay blame but he (Cuban) is the one ultimately responsible, since he put power all the decision-makers whose decisions he's trying to deride now. Yep.

On Tuesday Hoop Collective, McMahon also called out Cuban in much the same manner, with the weird rants and shots, and thinks it's from having no power (as we have already surmised). Interesting aside on a revelation from that podcast - while McMahon has regularly said from a year ago that he is certain Kidd was involved in the Luka trade and that he has proof and that he has been told and that he has direct knowledge and on and on, this time he essentially confessed that he actually has no actual proof, but that's just been his assumption (even though he's always previously painted it as something he had direct knowledge of).

[Mavs2021]

I think the biggest takeaway from the whole Kidd situation being confirmed is what it means for the draft and free agency going forward.

Combine Brunson leaving for nothing, re-signing Exum, trading away THJ, trading away Hardy, trading away DOR, trading away Grimes and above all trading away Luka it seems pretty clear that Kidd will never ever play a guard that he does not consider sufficient defensively. It literally does not matter whether he´s a top 3 player, top 12 player, 6th man of the year contender, a rotational player or just a heat check guy. Kidd has it stuck in his head that ultimately it does not contribute to winning the NBA championship. Let´s be honest Nico is a moron. Dumont knows nothing about basketball. Who you think planted this whole defensive idea in their heads.

I think the most important part about the people in charge on draft night and in free agency is that they have ALL the power to give the direction of the franchise going forward. And if that person thinks Acuff is the BPA and a White or Simons are the best players for the MLE to spare Kyrie minutes during the regular season and be 6th man killers in the play-offs, then they PLAY. I don´t need another Caleb Martin like guard. If Kidd does not share that vision, then he can take his mop and try to find a front office position elsewhere. And I tell you right now that´s not above the G-League.

[cow]

https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/maveri...0(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral

Cowlishaw on Cuban's recent rants. Right on target on Cuban and his weird agenda. He doesn't quite buy the legitimacy of the shots at Kidd, and saw Kidd's role (at most) as a powerless bystander who had no control to change anything. Also says Cuban wants to lay blame but he (Cuban) is the one ultimately responsible, since he put power all the decision-makers whose decisions he's trying to deride now. Yep.

On Tuesday Hoop Collective, McMahon also called out Cuban in much the same manner, with the weird rants and shots, and thinks it's from having no power (as we have already surmised). Interesting aside on a revelation from that podcast - while McMahon has regularly said from a year ago that he is certain Kidd was involved in the Luka trade and that he has proof and that he has been told and that he has direct knowledge and on and on, this time he essentially confessed that he actually has no actual proof, but that's just been his assumption (even though he's always previously painted it as something he had direct knowledge of).

Kidd having relationships with the Lakers and AD is probably where everyone is drawing the conclusions from.

I read or listened to a theory that this was Cuban trying to prop Finley up as the next GM and he'd use Finley as his torjan horse back into the organization.  That would be a weird strategy on Cuban's part considering the bridges he is burning, but Cuban acting like a petulant child is on brand for him.  

In my view, Finley would be as awful choice as the organization could make.  Let us be rid of him and our lasting memory of him be snatching a beer from Luka's hand which parallels nicely with the organization snatching our generational superstar from our hands.

I also never wanted Kidd in the first place. I have a simple "men shouldn't hit women" policy which makes him impossible to support. His media tantrums don't help his case either. I'll be the first one celebrating when he is finally removed from our organization.

At this point, I just wish they'd clean house and remove all shadows of doubt to any ties to the trade.  I bet most of the the fanbase that has been hesitant to dive back in would lose those reservations.  #TeamPresti #PlanBGould

[khaled1987]

I´ll say what I have always said about team sports. There are teams in football or soccer that repeatedly go back to the same clubs or youth academies that identify, sign and develop young players and then move them on for a gigantic profit. I´m thinking instead of paying 80M on each of these transfer, why not just buy their whole scouting and player development staff. That probably costs you like 2-3M a year in total for 10-15 people. You save millions and millions on the transfer fees. 

And it´s the same in the NBA. The Grizzlies seemingly can identify and develop every person over 6 feet into an useful NBA player. #Omax How nobody has come after their scouting and player development staff is so weird to me.

Also the reported salary of Presti is allegedly $5M. That must be like Dirk´s minimum contracts, cause it makes no sense that Presti makes less money than Jaden Hardy. It´s impossible that not one of the major franchises has offered him 20M a year.

It doesn't cost less in soccer, because those teams are developmental teams. Getting the scouts won't make difference if you don't have the developmental platform they have. 

In the NBA, Detroit tried to copy OKC model by hiring Presti top assistant Troy Weaver, and he ended up being the worst GM they could have ever asked for. 

Unless you hire the top guy and get him all the needed power, hiring someone from another organization is equally risky.

[khaled1987]

https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/maveri...0(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral

Cowlishaw on Cuban's recent rants. Right on target on Cuban and his weird agenda. He doesn't quite buy the legitimacy of the shots at Kidd, and saw Kidd's role (at most) as a powerless bystander who had no control to change anything. Also says Cuban wants to lay blame but he (Cuban) is the one ultimately responsible, since he put power all the decision-makers whose decisions he's trying to deride now. Yep.

On Tuesday Hoop Collective, McMahon also called out Cuban in much the same manner, with the weird rants and shots, and thinks it's from having no power (as we have already surmised). Interesting aside on a revelation from that podcast - while McMahon has regularly said from a year ago that he is certain Kidd was involved in the Luka trade and that he has proof and that he has been told and that he has direct knowledge and on and on, this time he essentially confessed that he actually has no actual proof, but that's just been his assumption (even though he's always previously painted it as something he had direct knowledge of).

Cuban is the past it guy, who is powerless in the organization atm. This is important when you judge journalists opinion on him. 
No one cares about him now, he can't shut anyone from the organization, nor he can provide sources to them. In that regard, journalists would be happy to scapegoat him for the guys who are in the organization who can feed them with some intel.

So, whatever they say now about Cuban, I would take it with grain of salt. He is the easiest guy for them to dismiss.

[Chicagojk]

https://x.com/oldmanandthree/status/2039...45498?s=61

[windjc]

Cuban is the past it guy, who is powerless in the organization atm. This is important when you judge journalists opinion on him. 
No one cares about him now, he can't shut anyone from the organization, nor he can provide sources to them. In that regard, journalists would be happy to scapegoat him for the guys who are in the organization who can feed them with some intel.

So, whatever they say now about Cuban, I would take it with grain of salt. He is the easiest guy for them to dismiss.

No one needs a journalist to tell them Cuban is a clown. Anyone with 2 brain cells has known this for years and years.

[Mavs2021]

Orlando will be another Portland trap game, cause they are also turnover prone and poor shooters.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

Orlando will be another Portland trap game, cause they are also turnover prone and poor shooters.

Orlando has been a huge disappointment this year. It was expected they would compete for one of the top seeds in the East. They gave up a lot to get Desmond Bane, but he's performed well for the most part. Banchero has had a up and down year, and Franz Wagner has been injured most of the year. Mosley may very well be out of his job if they get bounced in the playoffs.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7167217...DM6psFeXr1&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_copylink&smid=url-share-ta



Dumont is going deep-sea fishing for a big-name GM. Will he catch one?

[cow]

Cooper with a 50-piece.

Not much of a Kidd fan, but good on him for getting ejected after that no call on the Flagg elbow grab. And speaking of good coaching, good job by the staff letting Vogel know that Cooper was nearing a career high and Vogel for quickly reversing his decision to sit him.

Other Randomness

+I've been critical of BWill not knowing how to use his speed at times, but I really like what he did tonight. His defense is still atrocious, but he's a good rotational piece.
+Klay continues to soldier on in basketball purgatory and has put together a solid season.
+Nanji letting the refs have it and following Kidd to the showers early.
-Kris Middleton looked really old tonight.
-Tyler Smith looked completely lost out there.

[Smitty]

I'd like for him to play in all of them the rest of the way. Hit the 70 games played mark. Finish the season strong. On a high note. I think he wants to play, which is also part of it.

Hitting a career high in points scored qualifies as finishing the season strong. On a high note…