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[SleepingHero]

I have no idea if Cuban is back in the picture.  I hope not.  I don't want him involved in basketball decisions.   Dumont needs a sounding board though.   Hopefully someone better than Cuban but at least Cuban has the pulse of the league.   

Things appear so fragmented.   Again, it is hard to know the workings internally but it feels like Nico is isolated.   He has the players, Kidd (? although who knows), but then there are other parts of the organization who either don't like Nico or he doesn't talk to them.   Not sure how this is sustainable if Nico doesn't at least try to mend fences.

From what I understand from the whole Luka trade fiasco is that Kidd was not happy that Nico traded him away mid season like that. Despite that, Kidd also wasn't unhappy that Luka was traded at all. Reports said he constantly clashed with Luka's carefree attitude in the season regarding weight/training. 

But Kidd wants/wanted to win. And giving Luka away mid-season was a surefire way to blowup the team and made Kidd figure shit out on the fly. Plus adding in the injury woes that were exacerbated when we gutted the team and traded for 2 injured players. I'm sure Kidd was not happy about that at all. 

I agree though. Nico feels isolated currently. I don't think Dumont/Adelson's are happy they tanked the value of their franchise and sowed irreperrable harm with their fans overnight. I don't think Kidd was happy that Nico lumped him in on a choice that he wasn't really apart of and made his last 3 months very hard at work where he had to face the entire media every night and the wrath of fans. 

I don't think Cuban was happy being forced out. Nico made a Machiavellian move and succeeded the battle but also failed the war. What I don't understand is why he hasn't been fired yet given how blatant the fragmentation is within the org due to Nico.

Cooper Flagg please save us.