TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

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The reporting is clear: Kidd said he didn't want Dragic and .....

Amateur hour.

Amateur hour indeed by Cuban and his management setup.

How they got there, to make such an abominable choice in landing another useful playmaker to fill such a MASSIVE need, is no excuse. In fact, delegating the Dragic decision to an inferior decision-maker - a staff member being tasked to run out of their lane, so to speak - is yet another indictment on Cuban. It's not really about Kidd, because roster-building is NOT what a coach does. The fail here is in having a front office that is so inept in their player evaluation acumen that they think deferring to the coach has a better chance of success. 

I said this before Nico The GM Trainee (and presumably the cheap option) was hired -- this league is ultra-competitive, it's GM-ruled, and if the Mavs want to be the BEST, they need to have The Best GM. Until Cuban is willing to hire and hand the reins to The Best GM - one who is as good as or better than the others at GM-y things - the Mavs will continue to have a significant handicap. The fact that Nico is a trainee in all those GM tasks, and Cuban is his trainer, doesn't offer any reason for optimism, unfortunately.