ROSTER TALK: Mavs favs for Vogel if no HC job exists. Kyrie handshake deal?

[Kammrath]

We have been getting this sense of things, and it's now confirmed in print. Very unfortunate that the Mavs ceiling is still "Cuban's personal level of expertise (or lack of same)." I had hoped that Nico's statements and apparent belief that he was being hired to be the decision-maker on GM things was going to be true, but alas.

Cuban being involved in every decision was never going to change and Cuban and Nico have been transparent about that. Cuban signs the checks, so he checks off (literally) on every single move and decision. But that does NOT mean Cuban is "making" the decisions. There is now a clear and organized system and hierarchy in place to bring decisions to Cuban to get him to check off on them. Cuban is not the GM. He is functioning like an owner, an involved owner, but an owner nonetheless. Sure, there will be things he vetoes that will end up being bad decisions and there will be things he signs off on that will be bad decisions, but overall it sounds like things are WAY better than they were before.