Next GM Watch

[KillerLeft]

You may be right. Detroit has made a '180 degree turn around since he's been part of the braintrust there. They won their 9th straight last night.

See, this is what I'm talking about. When people started saying things like this about Lindsey here, I thought it was maybe a little overblown. But, knowing that Utah (his previous team) fans AND Detroit (his next team) fans have the same spidey sense about his involvement...that moves the needle for me. Either he knows what he's doing or he's leading a charmed life and just can't lose. Either way, I think I'm into it. I think the Mavs could (and probably will) do a lot worse than Lindsey. I hope he gets the gig. 

With the Presti stuff...of course, he's good. I don't know if he's the gold standard or not. He might be, but then again we would've said that about Ujiri at one point, and he's not even employed at this time (to be fair, maybe that's by choice - we don't know). I would obviously be excited by a Presti hire, but I just can't find my way to feeling it's possible. Asking a guy (with a family, I assume) to move away from a community that worships him at the exact point in time his long term plan - one that has required tons of patience and suffering along the way - is coming to fruition? I don't see it, personally. The OKC situation is amazing right now, looks like it's going to be pretty easy to maintain at "amazing," and if not, they STILL have ammo to build. I'd think he'd want to enjoy the next 5-10 years there, given what he's been through preparing for them. It's not lost on me that there might be a number that such a guy couldn't pass up, but I don't know that it exists, and if it does, it might be a number we shouldn't rationally expect the Mavs (or any team) to offer. I don't think there's anything wrong with trying to talk to the guy, and I hope they do. If they could pry him away, that would be great! I just hope we're not getting too excited about what is possibly the very least likely hire out there, to the point where we'll be disappointed with someone else. 

I like Ricardi - the interview was impressive, and I think he's really smart. I like Finley, and I hope he's folded into the next guy's front office, because I think he's one of the reasons they're finding these young, athletic promising players on the street. But if I'm being honest, I'd be pretty disappointed if either of them got the job.