Cuban is clearly frustrated because he thought that selling the franchise for almost $3.5 billion to the Adelson Family would keep the competitive structure he had built over the past 23 years.<\/p>\n
However, the Mavericks are currently standing at 24-51, which is the sixth-worst record in the league. This is because Cuban had no say in the trade of superstar Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in February 2025, which is widely seen as one of the worst trades in sports history. Cuban didn\u2019t find out about the deal until after it was done.<\/p>\n
The fallout happened quickly. General manager Nico Harrison, who signed off on the Doncic trade with governor Patrick Dumont, was fired in November when Dallas was 3-8. <\/p>\n
Cuban had been working behind the scenes to get Harrison fired, but even though he thought he would get his advisory role back, sources say that hasn\u2019t happened. He still retains 27% stake in the franchise, but that didn\u2019t give him any power.<\/p>\n
Rookie Cooper Flagg, whom the Mavericks picked first after winning 1.8% of the lottery, is a real building block for the team. <\/p>\n
But one promising player hasn\u2019t been able to stabilize a roster that burned through Anthony Davis in just 29 games before sending him to Washington in a salary dump move. This means that Dallas is more focused on their draft position in 2026 than on being competitive right now.<\/p>\n
Mavericks Want Their Next GM to Build Around Cooper Flagg Under Jason Kidd\u2019s Vision<\/p>\n
The Mavericks were looking for a General Manager, and even after months of looking, they haven\u2019t been able to find one.<\/p>\n
Harrison\u2019s firing in November left a hole in the front office, and the team isn\u2019t just hiring anyone to fill it. The Mavericks are looking for a certain type of leader\u2014someone who can work with Jason Kidd and build the team around Cooper Flagg.<\/p>\n
Marc Stein of The Stein Line made that very clear. \u201cLeague sources say that the Mavericks want Jason Kidd to continue to serve as prized rookie Cooper Flagg\u2019s coach and have to this point prioritized hiring a general manager who can partner with Kidd as well as provide a cogent vision for how the franchise builds around Flagg in the wake of the disastrous Luka Don\u010di\u0107-to-the-Lakers trade in February 2025,\u201d his story read.<\/p>\n
There hasn\u2019t been much talk inside the organization about Kidd moving up to the front office. He just signed a multi-year extension. He has a 140-106 record in Dallas and led the team to the 2024 NBA Finals.<\/p>\n
Dallas is currently trying to find a general manager who will respect Kidd\u2019s system and build a team around Flagg\u2019s generational talent. The Mavericks can\u2019t afford to make another mistake after the lottery miracle and the Doncic disaster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cuban is clearly frustrated because he thought that selling the franchise for almost $3.5 billion to the Adelson…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":692939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3793],"tags":[7,686,149,4057,166,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-692938","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-mavericks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-mavericks","11":"tag-dallasmavericks","12":"tag-mavericks","13":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116332340467984974","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}