2020-2021 MAVS NEWS: Archived

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I've heard that Kidd and Finley suggested Kidd right away for sure (heard that in more than one place), and that Nico was consulted  about Kidd early on in his negotiations and signed off. From there, the two were looked at as sort of a tandem. Simultaneous negotiations, kind of like a package (minus any insinuation that one wouldn't have come without the other, because we don't know THAT) which should be obvious, given how things were reported al day yesterday by Shams, Stein and others. 

Quibbling over this stuff is pointless. It doesn't matter whether or not Harrison signed his contract first or not. Truly, it doesn't. There is more than enough evidence here that BOTH of these hires fit nicely into the category of "guys Cuban knows really well and is already comfortable with." 

Here's a new thing I learned yesterday from Dameris that's interesting: Did you guys know that one of Harrison's first jobs with Nike (maybe his first big one) back in the day was as the Mavericks' Nike TEAM coordinator? I think Dameris said he started THAT role back in 2002. He has been hanging out in the AAC, locker room, etc, since then. Obviously, he moved up the ranks quickly and wound up running the whole Nike/NBA team. 

Nothing we're arguing about right now makes a difference. It's done. At this point, either these new people will help or they won't.