07-21-2023, 03:21 PM
@MavsFilmRoom
@TheSteinLine was asked in his Substack chat if the Mavericks were blindsided by Bryan Gates leaving to Philadelphia?
His answer: “Absolutely not and I'm frankly stunned at the reaction to this one. Gates was hired to be the Mavs' fourth assistant ... BEHIND the bench. Philly called because they had an ON THE BENCH spot for Gates. You don't deny a person a promotion. So the Mavs let Gates out of his deal to take the Philly spot.”
Mavs Twitter went feral that Gates left for Philly, even though he was just a footnote of the offseason. Pretty sure the Mavs already hired their 2 replacements to be on the bench for Kidd.
@TheSteinLine was asked in his Substack chat if the Mavericks were blindsided by Bryan Gates leaving to Philadelphia?
His answer: “Absolutely not and I'm frankly stunned at the reaction to this one. Gates was hired to be the Mavs' fourth assistant ... BEHIND the bench. Philly called because they had an ON THE BENCH spot for Gates. You don't deny a person a promotion. So the Mavs let Gates out of his deal to take the Philly spot.”
Mavs Twitter went feral that Gates left for Philly, even though he was just a footnote of the offseason. Pretty sure the Mavs already hired their 2 replacements to be on the bench for Kidd.
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