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LurkingHorn

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  1. This is where I'm at as well. Nico has already stated he sees this as a 3-4 year window and he's out. It would be criminal to let him trade an absolute bailout for this franchise by using it as capital to bolster a 2-3 year window. It's the perfect opportunity to oust this bozo and let the more qualified candidates lineup.
  2. Man….think about how pumped we should be for this but most of us are concerned this GM is going to screw up…again. You cannot fully rule out the possibility he uses this to get KD. He doesn’t care about this franchise beyond 3 years from now. Flagg does not turn this roster into a contender next year.
  3. You’re right. They could have traded up to get the number 3 pick by taking on salary but they wouldn’t do it and decided to trade draft picks instead. Got that mixed up.
  4. If ever Dumont wanted to hit a reset button, now is the time.
  5. I can’t even feel good about this because I honestly don’t know if Nico is actually going to do the smart thing and keep the pick. I personally think they need to draft Flagg and trade Kyrie and AD for quality picks to put around him for the next 5-7 years.
  6. They also didn’t tank properly that season. If they had, they wouldn’t have had to trade another pick to get Luka.
  7. Hard not to say this isn’t rigged. I honestly don’t know what else to say.
  8. I'll be at the Dallas one. Bringing the 7-year old to his first USMNT match. Hopefully we have the full squad.
  9. I hope you're right. I'm just assuming the worst possible outcome at each step at this point. If fans are going to be enraged regardless, it makes no sense to keep him. They can start repairing the relationship now or let this spiral even worse when we have nothing to build a team around in 2 years.
  10. I will say, in the 10 minutes or so I listened, Nico was more composed than I thought he'd be. I didn't leave it thinking he's getting canned as soon as this is over.
  11. Another Article from Tim Cato Took some of the relevant portions from Reddit: However, those team sources consistently express belief that Dumont no longer sees Harrison as a figure with irreproachable basketball expertise. Most notably, team and league sources say, Dumont has had frustration with Harrison not warning him — or, perhaps even more damningly, being unaware — of the fandom's outrage following the trade. Those same sources say it had some influence over Dumont's decision to make Harrison appear for last week's closed media event, which Harrison did not want to participate in. While Kidd was understandably frustrated this season with the team's injury crisis, he also resented the front office's midseason Dončić trade, multiple team and league sources say, even if he shared some of Harrison's frustrations with Dončić that led to his trade of him. That Kidd felt he had been asked to reinvent what had been a roster built around one specific star, team and league sources say, led to the midseason exasperation that notably culminated in him skipping a league-mandated post-game press conference in February.
  12. I heard the Ticket is carrying it live, but I'm unclear about a video stream.
  13. I just don't see how Nico keeps his job through the summer. Sources inside the org have clearly turned against him and the owner is making him do press "events" he doesn't want to do. I think today could get really ugly for him at this press conference. The media, MacMahon especially, are not going to let him off the hook and he's going to have no where to hide.
  14. After the past 2 months, nobody can blame you for that. I’m just pretending tonight. Just need to let the hate go for a few hours.
  15. Man, he’s not that high up the list for me yet, but we’ll see what the future holds. I will admit, I’m enjoying the beat down because I’m happy for all the dudes on the team from last year. They’re not doing anything after this, but they are playing with a lot of pride we should all be proud of.
  16. Still love the watching Gafford. Box score is very meh, but he’s had a big effect on the game. Also getting vintage Klay is nice. AD finally hit a big shot.
  17. I can’t believe we went from making the finals to the entire league feeling sorry for us, even Rockets and Spurs fans, in a matter of months. And somehow Nico lives on despite tanking the team and finances of the org. The weird part is the roster made zero sense even after the trade. Even if Kyrie was healthy, we had nobody else to dribble the basketball. And this dude thinks that was a championship roster?
  18. Burn this thing to the ground. They don't understand a damn thing.
  19. Our local media will also be completely without fortitude during this session. Just embarassing "professionals" all around.
  20. Nico Press Conference Today No cameras or recording devices allowed. What an absolutely wuss this guy is.
  21. I've never heard of the Quruom Report, but if that's true, you have to think these reps are hearing it from their constituents and getting queezy.
  22. Follow is in a tough spot because Dumont and Nico are too big of pussies to face the music so they have been completely absent for 2 months. The void has left people like Follow, whose job is not to handle stuff like this, in a very awkward spot. All that being said, and this is not his fault, Follow is one of the last people I want to hear talk about this whole saga because he’s not going to say anything of substance.
  23. It absolutely was Nico-driven. I'm on the record that I think he's gone this summer after the financial fallout becomes much more apparent. You cannot make a move that loses the franchise "...over 9 figures" (according to MacMahon) and keep your job. I know this is a bit of backtracking and probably unpopular, but I do think, years from now, I could forgive Dumont if he actually came out and said he was a basketball idiot and made a mistake leaving all the basketball decisions to Nico. Of course, this would be after he made the right call and fired Nico and Kidd. There's a path where the Mavs could be a really good team 4-5 years from now, but they need to hit the restart button now to make that happen.
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