The more I hear about Mosley, the more I like him.
Hey, here's a fantasy idea that will never happen...
- Dirk - President of ALL Things Mavs (including telling Cuban when to shut up)
- Fin - GM
- Nash - Coach
THE RETURN OF THE BIG THREE!!!!!!
Luka could finally give them the joint title that they couldn't win alone.
Now that's a Mavs story
(06-18-2021, 12:16 PM)MaxiThreeba Wrote: [ -> ]Interesting that Finley would be in the meeting discussing how to move forward and the GM search. Would be odd to include one of your candidates in the conversations about the job.
Maybe Cuban wants to mimic the Heat. Dirk, Fin and I would assume JJB can fill FO roles the way the Heat have Mourning and Battier.
Which would leave them needing a GM and their Pat Riley....and in that case you just really have to hope Cuban doesn't think he's the Pat Riley.
Riley is the one who brought Battier & Mourning in, and he is their boss.
If anything, this sound like Dirk is the Pat Riley
(06-18-2021, 12:16 PM)MaxiThreeba Wrote: [ -> ]Interesting that Finley would be in the meeting discussing how to move forward and the GM search.
Cuban is alone at sea. He needs all the guidance he can get. He needs the sun, moon and stars.
(06-18-2021, 12:30 PM)fifteenth Wrote: [ -> ]- Dirk - President of ALL Things Mavs (including telling Cuban when to shut up)
- Fin - GM
- Nash - Coach
THE RETURN OF THE BIG THREE!!!!!!
Some tweeter go tweet that so Mark can act quickly, before the draft and free agency!
(06-18-2021, 12:20 PM)mavsluvr Wrote: [ -> ]I don't comment on Mosley's ability as a coach. But if he is hired because Luka likes him, I don't know that that is such a great idea. Now, from all accounts, Luka considers Mosley a friend. When your friend is promoted to being your boss, that doesn't necessarily bode well for the relationship. If he is chosen, I will, of course, hope for the best.
THIS
I dont even know who I want outside Ujiri but I don't want Mark's buddy Finley as GM and Luka's buddy Mosley as head coach.
What are Tyson Chandler and Peja Stojokavic up to right now?
(06-18-2021, 12:38 PM)jesusshuttlesworth82 Wrote: [ -> ]such disrespect to JET
He said his favorite teammate of all time was LeBron. JET going join the Lakers staff.
Seems like Finley will have a job here no matter what because he's a Cuban guy. Even if they go with someone else for GM, I can see Finley serving as Cuban's liaison. He is not going to bring in an outsider without keeping enough of his own loyal guys around for "protection" and security
Chandler Parsons head of recruiting
Even if you brought in Ujiri, or any other outsider, you need someone to bridge between the old era and the new era who has a first hand knowledge of the existing players and the people in the building to feed him information. The new GM isn't going to want to fly totally blind. Like, "Why do Luka and KP hate each other? Did you try this? If so, why didn't it work? What other things did you try? Why did you do things this way?" That's the role I see for Finley. Quite honestly, I love Finley, but I don't lose a minute of sleep worryign that some other organization is going to steal Finley away with a GM offer. He has a job in Dallas for the same reason John Paxson has a job in Chicago or Alonzo Mourning has a job in Miami and on and on and on.
I don't think Finley is going to be the next GM, because I don't think Rick would have left if that's the case. Mark could have just gone to Carlisle and said "Listen, you're probably upset about Donnie, but I want you to know we're just promoting Finley and keeping things status quo. Nothing is really going to change. In fact, you'll probably have more say in personnel matters as Finley grows into the job." That's obviously not what Carlisle was told yesterday. As McMahon said on The Hardline, Carlisle was probably told that they're going to bring in a new GM and "We'll just see how it goes" and Carlisle, who has probably been sending backfeelers for other jobs, decided he's going to leave on his terms instead of waiting for the axe to fall.
(06-18-2021, 12:20 PM)mavsluvr Wrote: [ -> ]I don't comment on Mosley's ability as a coach. But if he is hired because Luka likes him, I don't know that that is such a great idea. Now, from all accounts, Luka considers Mosley a friend. When your friend is promoted to being your boss, that doesn't necessarily bode well for the relationship. If he is chosen, I will, of course, hope for the best.
I don't think the worry is that their relationship won't hold up, I think the worry is that Luka's friend won't actually be the boss - Luka will. Mosely will know how he got the job, so we shouldn't kid ourselves about him suddenly embracing the need to take a harder line on certain issues with the kid.
This is how it starts. This is how you become the Cleveland Cavaliers. Notice that I'm NOT blaming Luka for this. I don't think he's ASKING for a coach who's his friend. I'm sure he wants a GOOD coach, but he's 22, and he might not have a complete depth of understanding yet on what that entails. I think the top of this extremely slippery slope is for the organization to start trying to imagine what will make the star happy, rather than focusing on what will make the team as great as it possibly could be.
I don't believe 23 year old Lebron James decided to figure out how to most effectively throw his weight around and be a team-runner. I believe he was taught to be that way by the Cleveland Cavaliers, who ironically thought they were making moves to avoid an ugly situation. They didn't avoid it. They created it. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.
(06-18-2021, 12:56 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: [ -> ]I think the worry is that Luka's friend won't actually be the boss - Luka will. Mosely will know how he got the job, so we shouldn't kid ourselves about him suddenly embracing the need to take a harder line on certain issues with the kid
Yes, that is a concern. Although, tbh, the same issue exists with any coach who comes in.
(06-18-2021, 09:52 AM)HanspardsShowerVoice Wrote: [ -> ]Fish sounds like the kinda guy who is trying to make a living as a sports/team insider and suddenly lost all of his best longtime sources at a point in his career where he was hoping to coast into retirement.
Always used to feel that the MBT did Fish dirty. When they needed to leak some seedy stuff such as Avery getting into a nekked fight in SA to paint Avery in an extra bad light they would use Fish. Same whenever they let someone go and needed someone to throw dirt.
However when it came to picks or real scoop, they would give it to Stein first.
People act like Mosely is some assistant coach of Real Madrid's farm system that is totally unqualified for the job and only being considered because of his ties with Luka, rather than one of the most respected up and coming assistant coaches in the league who is currently interviewing for HC jobs with other franchises. Woj was just discussing him as one of the bright young HC's in waiting in the NBA last week on his pod, before any of this stuff in the Mavs happened.
(06-18-2021, 01:04 PM)hakeemfaan Wrote: [ -> ]Always used to feel that the MBT did Fish dirty. When they needed to leak some seedy stuff such as Avery getting into a nekked fight in SA to paint Avery in an extra bad light they would use Fish. Same whenever they let someone go and needed someone to throw dirt.
However when it came to picks or real scoop, they would give it to Stein first.
Yeah, this is a good observation. Stein had credentials with EPSN/New York Times while Fish was the sports equivalent of a tabloid. Different leaks for different purposes.
(06-18-2021, 01:00 PM)mavsluvr Wrote: [ -> ]Yes, that is a concern. Although, tbh, the same issue exists with any coach who comes in.
You know, that's actually a really great point. So simple and true, and yet I don't know that I had fully viewed the situation through that lens.
Thanks. That makes me feel a little better, oddly.
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