FA: Kemba Walker to DAL | his knee is "not good"

[Kammrath]

Donnie and Coach Carlisle were (and probably are) friends. Very close. So close that Carlisle felt exposed and uncomfortable enough to move on voluntarily once Donnie got fired. I doubt there was any such "power struggle" here, at least between them. If there was a disconnect in how the team operated, I'd say it was between them (together) and someone else, like Cuban, for example. 

Donnie and RC being friends and having a level of mutual respect does not mean they saw eye-to-eye and had a cohesive vision and direction for the team. I think there is a ton of evidence of a mismatch between coaching and GMing in the last decade of the Mavs organization. And I personally feel like the signs are still there that roster decisions are being made that don't align with how the coaching is approaching things (two-way spots, Wood, etc).