MAVS NEWS:

[michaeltex]

Seriously on what planet does this Dumont-guy live, does he even pay attention to anything in regards to the Mavs? This organization has tanked its perception to outsiders so incredibly fast and bad you really have to wonder under which rock this guy lives. Absolute madness that Harrison still has job.

Meanwhile Bruson and the Knicks are up 2-0 against Boston. Another young stud they have let go in utterly dumb fashion during his reign (& of course with a big dose of Cuban‘s incompetence playing its own role as well).

I agree that losing Brunson hurts, but it was a different time and there were different pressures. Basically, he was JAG with size concerns until that year's playoffs showed how he could carry a team while Luka was out. But the base issue was the contract Cuban/Donnie gave him which: a) was designed to easily dump Brunson if he turned out to be not NBA ready and b) as a result allowed for no retention rights or leverage at the end. Hindsight being 20:20, MBT was being cute with their money when they decided to neither trade nor extend JB at the TDL and it blew up in their faces.

Nico's gotta go. Apart from the roster screw ups this year, he's done nothing but weaken the other team functions, i.e., coaching and medical. I'm guessing he's safe until after the lottery drawing. If DAL moves up, then they may use that to lure in a better GM candidate. If the lottery goes bad, maybe he's still fired as a way of blaming him for the Mav's bad luck.