11-22-2025, 07:24 PM
One of the best articles I have read that summed up multiple aspects of why the trade was so bad:
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-le...-mavericks
As for the next GM, go and check out who other basketball minds agree are solid candidates, than try to do what Cuban did. However, no matter who comes in, they have to come with the assurance that they can bring their own coach. It's a joke that Kidd was extended and Nico was fired 10 games in. If the leash was that short, Dumont should not have allowed an extension for Kidd. Dumont is so over his head here that it's not even funny.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-le...-mavericks
As for the next GM, go and check out who other basketball minds agree are solid candidates, than try to do what Cuban did. However, no matter who comes in, they have to come with the assurance that they can bring their own coach. It's a joke that Kidd was extended and Nico was fired 10 games in. If the leash was that short, Dumont should not have allowed an extension for Kidd. Dumont is so over his head here that it's not even funny.