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

[F Gump]

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.

The certainty with which you always absolve Cuban is consistent. 

I would prefer you're right. That would be an incredible step forward.

But I suspect you're blind. Be real, he is way more deeply involved in all the basketball moves than just signing the checks and overseeing the affordability You offer him excuses as the owner, but micro-managing is NOT part of the owner description, nor is the belief that you know more than the ones you could hire to do the job. Until/unless Cuban accepts he is NOT an expert, and truly hires/delegates to others smarter than him, the Mavs ceiling will always be low, limited by Cuban's level of GM skill (competing against those who ARE experts). Cuban believes he can do no wrong, and that hubris is the very thing that lands the Mavs in the ditch with much regularity.