02-06-2026, 04:20 PM
For years I said the Mavs need to get younger on the court. It´s the same with coaching and GMing. This is an incredibly high stress 24/7 job that is not made for guys 50+, certainly not 60+. There might be a few exceptions, but mostly it´s Phil Jackson sleeping through a draft workout or trying to implement the triangle offense that died in the early 2000s. For all your gained experience with age, the game and CBA are changing so fast, you always need to process information quickly and sharply.
So I´m perfectly fine with a Riccardi to run the daily GM business. The best coaches in the NBA probably got into coaching in their early to mid 20s, cause they were not good enough to make it all the way to the top, but enjoyed the analytical and psychological aspects of the game. And the best GMs are the guys that loved sports and analytics, but were never good enough to even fail at the college level. Some call them nerds.
So I´m perfectly fine with a Riccardi to run the daily GM business. The best coaches in the NBA probably got into coaching in their early to mid 20s, cause they were not good enough to make it all the way to the top, but enjoyed the analytical and psychological aspects of the game. And the best GMs are the guys that loved sports and analytics, but were never good enough to even fail at the college level. Some call them nerds.