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Mavericks hire Blazers' Mike Schmitz as GM under Masai Ujiri

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/4871...asai-ujiri

In his new role as the Mavericks general manager, Schmitz will help in "all areas of basketball operations including scouting, player personnel, strategic planning and organizational collaboration across departments." The hire is one of the first by Ujiri, who officially joined Dallas as team president and alternative governor last week.

“Joining the Dallas Mavericks is an incredible opportunity,” said Schmitz. “I have tremendous respect for Masai, this ownership group and the vision they have for the future of this franchise. I’m excited to get to work alongside the talented people already in place and help build a championship-caliber organization.” Schmitz joined the Blazers in May of 2022 after serving as a draft analyst for ESPN since 2017. He has also worked as an assistant coach for the Ugandan national team since 2018 and traveled extensively around the globe as a scout for DraftExpress since 2012. Schmitz worked as a video coordinator for the Bakersfield Jam of the NBA G League during the 2012-13 season. He is a 2012 graduate of the University of Arizona.

Sorry ....this was posted already. I see it in earlier in the thread .

[michaeltex]

Not sure where to put this...

Listening to NBA Radio while driving in this morning and they were talking with Will Dawkins, GM for Washington. He's been there for since 2023 and was originally on with OKC working under Presti where he ended up as VP-BBO. Obviously, he was pretty upbeat about the lottery results from yesterday.

One of the things he talked about was their offseason program where the players are involved as much as possible with team staff for focused skills improvement, training staff access and health management including dietary guidance for at least breakfast and lunch. Said they took a 3 week break after the season, then started their program, which they call "jump season" because they want their players to make a jump to the next level. There were 7-8 attending last week and expect 14-15 this week. Skills training is designed with the player and position in mind rather that something generic. They try to respect players who have country commitments this summer and try to get work done around their away time. Said he was happy to have the last 3 years behind them because they felt it was time to start winning again. This season was focused on not giving up their FRP by finishing in the bottom 8 to get one more high pick in a deep draft.

So it got me to wondering, is there anything like that in the current DAL organization? I know Luka used to disappear of the radar for months while back in Slovenia and I never heard much about the rest of the team. I have been hopeful that there could be more going on this summer than just having the team disperse until camp opened up, but maybe that's too much to ask. Other than Coop and Kyrie, I'm not sure anyone else has high enough recognition to have a summer full of commitments.

[Chicagojk]

Looks like Coop is dating the center of Duke’s women’s team

https://x.com/haterreport/status/2055151...47915?s=46

[david75090]

She's pretty but he's too young to get too serious.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

She's pretty but he's too young to get too serious.

Damn, he got himself a fine sister.

[RasheedsBigWhiteSpot]

Damn, he got himself a fine sister.

Flagg is at full staff.

[Chicagojk]

So do we agree we want the Mavs to win next year, although realizing we are not in the OKC/SA/others orbit the focus should still be to be opportunistic with a plan of being a competitor when Flagg is 24 or so years old?  This doesn't mean to trade every player but look for opportunities to find players/assets who may be more valuable in the future.

[mvossman]

So do we agree we want the Mavs to win next year, although realizing we are not in the OKC/SA/others orbit the focus should still be to be opportunistic with a plan of being a competitor when Flagg is 24 or so years old?  This doesn't mean to trade every player but look for opportunities to find players/assets who may be more valuable in the future.

There is no reason not to want to win next year, but there will be tradeoffs between winning next season and building an eventual contender, and I think there are a spectrum of views regarding how much you lean one direction or the other.

[Knutsen]

So do we agree we want the Mavs to win next year, although realizing we are not in the OKC/SA/others orbit the focus should still be to be opportunistic with a plan of being a competitor when Flagg is 24 or so years old?  This doesn't mean to trade every player but look for opportunities to find players/assets who may be more valuable in the future.

I put these thoughts in the draft thread yesterday, but they fit much better to your post:

It goes a bit off this thread title, but for me the hiring of Ujiri and Schmitz signals a talent based rebuild around Cooper in the next three to four years - and that would mean to take risks to get more high draft picks in the next years by trading out the likes of PJ, Naji, Gafford and also Kyrie - when the value and the timing is right („product-market-fit“). 

By risk I mean things like projecting a teams next season going much worse than they anticipated and their pick ending up much higher than at the moment of the trade, because of one injury, or some clauses with protections being dependent on lottery results etc. 

So for sure we have to hit with this years picks - ideally with at least two like we did with Brunson in addition to Luka - and then have to fill up the talent pipeline these next seasons while OKC is almost unbeatable in SGAs prime to get on the talent level of the Spurs for the years 2030+

[OBX Maverick]

Looks like Kidd and Dallas are parting ways. Wow

[windjc]

Looks like Kidd and Dallas are parting ways.  Wow

It’s a brand new day.

[OBX Maverick]

Screw Dumont and his anti-Cuban bias.

Unless, of course, he already has Presti in the bag and can't say anything.

Looks like Kidd and Dallas are parting ways.  Wow

Not that I’m super surprised reading the tea leaves as of late.

[RoyTarpleysGhost]

wowzers


[Charania] BREAKING: Jason Kidd is out as coach of the Dallas Mavericks. New Mavericks president Masai Ujiri is making a coaching change.

Kidd had four years and well over $40 million left on his Mavericks contract, sources said. Ujiri and Mavericks owner Patrick Dumont reached the decision this week to move on.

https://x.com/shamscharania/status/2056873543296581743?s=46&t=TSyvyb8q6W_b2hIzNjdcow

[DallasMaverick]

Looks like Kidd and Dallas are parting ways.  Wow

Daaaang.

Didn’t see that coming.

[Deebo]

Luka come back home!!!!!!

[HoosierDaddyKid]

Luka come back home!!!!!!

Let him stay where he's at.

[RoyTarpleysGhost]

Dumont willing to spend some money. Eating $40 million plus

[RoyTarpleysGhost]

Sean Sweeney time?

Does this mean anything for Kyrie?

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[loki]

Woohoo! Masai has earned a little trust with this move. Definitely thought we were stuck with Kidd for a year or two.