2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[F Gump]

As just one example, if Cuban was the guy you described above then why did opposing GMs not know who to call or talk to with trade negotiations?

It's interesting to me that you see data points like these, that further reveal MC's role, and opt to turn them into something different than they were.

There were two iterations of MC handling the negotiations, that peel back the curtain on his style and (apparent lack of) expertise.

The first was more than a decade ago, where we heard MC complain that it's hard for him to get trades done, because he'd make an offer and then the guy he was talking to would have to get it approved from someone else. Then the price would go up. (The fact that he didn't see the advantage he as the bottom-line negotiator was ceding to "gotta ask my boss" negotiating setups, as any car salesman uses, was cringe-worthy.)

The second was the one you just cite. Mavbe in the interim he had wised up, but the end result was the chaos you describe. Your example shows the Mavs with multiple people chasing possible deals, rather than Donnie being the one with authority to deal. Then ______ and _____ would take possibilities to MC to see what he thought. It's further evidence that MC was doing the GMing, while any number of people (including Donnie) might be bringing input to him. If Donnie had been the GM, every offer would have been funneled to him. That "multiple voices" system, confusing to other teams, was pure MC-as-GM.