06-21-2021, 08:26 PM
(06-21-2021, 07:57 PM)F Gump Wrote: Ballmer's genius: hired Jerry West to evaluate and negotiate, and got out of the way.
Cuban's flaw: mediocre at evualating and negotiating, yet leaves himself in control of those things
Initially, Cuban found he could work around his limits by throwing money at the problem (giving him a way to erase the mistakes). The 2011 CBA's changes closed that door for Cuban (although not for the GM with superb evaluating and negotiating skills). Since 2011, that flaw in the front office structure and ability has killed their planning and ability to improve.
If you didn't like Plan Powder, that's why it began and continued to exist.
And it was reported he was one of the biggest advocates for the change in CBA, and pushed hard for it.