MAVS 107, BULLS 117

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I always wonder how this works. It seems like every single NBA insider, GM, player, coach knew that Lowry joining his buddy in Miami was never in doubt. What´s with the Mavs. Is it because euro stars couldn´t establish the necessary connections and friendships in college? Is it about the offseason bubbles in NY, LA or Miami where Mavs players and officials aren´t involved? I would be more hopeful if the Mavs could at least attract local guys but outside of Randle or Smart rumors that has never been the case. Even when we are talking about players that spent the offseason in Dallas (Aldridge).

Not disagreeing but if you are not going to sway anyone due to reasons like that, then what is the difference between having Nico here vs Donnie?  There is nothing in Nico’s background other than having some sort of connection to a lot of players. Now if he cannot even use that to sway a couple of folks who otherwise might not have considered playing here, then all that is left is asset management and trades. At that point Cuban is flying blind because there is no track record to guess how Nico will do. 

I also wonder if players really want to play for Kidd. I am not getting into whether he is a good coach or not. He clearly has a very high basketball IQ and the hope is he has learned from some of his past mistakes. The issue is, good or bad, he doesn’t come across as a player’s coach which was the same criticism levied on RC and a reason given as to why we needed a change in this new NBA where players have all the power. I am not sure if Kidd is any different in that regard. He seems like a very strong willed person himself. 


Hoping for the best.