The Dumb Zone If the Mavs wanted to they could follow the Thunder blueprint and control the draft while building around young talent but they won't That would be admitting a mistake

Pelinka What did those teams Detroit San Antonio and OKC have to go through to build through the draft Multiple seasons of losses and that is just not part of our infrastructure here As much as some of us might want it to be that way its not the Lakers way

PatMcAfeeShow Masai Ujiri has full authority to do whatever he wants with the direction of this Mavericks teamMavs sources believe that Jason Kidd had a level of support for the Luka Doncic trade This is a complete restart for the entire organization

Sam Presti In this job as a leader what you want to do is build teams that you wish you could have been a part of and I feel that way about this era of the Thunder

The Check In The 2006 Miami Heat sit together and brainstorm a modern-day comparison for Alonzo Mourning What about that boy on Minnesota Rudy Gobert Oh hell no

Hoop Collective Mavericks HC Jason Kidd tried to become team president according to Tim MacMahon but has known for months he wasnt getting the job

Sam Presti If there is one thing I'm a little frustrated about besides not winning the final quarter of the season is I think we lost out on a lot of team development