Today’s espn article and the press conference has made it crystal clear what happened and what is going to happen. Here goes.
Cuban realized that he had two major problems winning another championship. First, he couldn’t figure out which nba players in the league had the right mental makeup to contend for a championship. The failed trades and signings of the past taught him that. Second, he couldn’t get free agents to Dallas, for whatever reason.
So he went out to find someone who knew all the players, had good relationships with them, and could help him find and attract the right top players to win a title. In Cuban’s mind, Nico didn’t need to be a true complete GM, because Cuban filled that role as needed. He just wanted Nico for the contacts and to get players to Dallas.
But then Cuban sold the Mavs to some plotting disingenuous fucks who schemed to strip him of basketball operations once the ink on the sale was dry. The new dipshit ownership thought Nico was qualified to be the GM of an NBA franchise, which he’s obviously not. He hasn’t even worked as part of nba organization in the past. But, because he made two good trades, Dumont thought he was qualified. Big mistake.
Then, Nico the completely unqualified GM proceeded to make all the predictable mistakes you’d see when someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing is in charge. Combine that with the fact that Nico is a highly flawed individual who doesn’t know how to lead, and you get things like the trainer fiascos.
Still unchecked by Dumont, Nico then makes the biggest mistake in organized sports history. Dumont hopefully finally wakes up. But he can’t fire Nico until he has a solid plan B in place. And in the back of Dumont’s mind is the fact that if he fires him, the franchise is toast for the next ten years. He’s hopelessly wishing that Nico’s Luca move will turn out like the first two trades and will save his franchise.
So, imo Dumont fires Nico once Kyrie either opts out, or has been back playing with the team for 2 months. At that point, when Dumont sees that the team is nowhere near championship caliber without Luca, he will replace Nico with whoever he is currently lining up to take over.