Mavs want to hire Nike exec Niko Harrison to run basketball operations

F N 11 · Post #1 » by **F N 11** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:22 am

Progressing on a deal according to Woj.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2945175-report-nike-exec-nico-harrison-in-contract-talks-to-join-mavericks-as-president.amp.html

Pharmcat · Post #2 » by **Pharmcat** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:24 am

Cubes passed on Ring, which Shaq of all people saw the potential in and invested in it. Cubes has done nothing in the last decade to get the pass he gets. He is a very overrated person who makes lots of questionable decisions.

pacers33 · Post #3 » by **pacers33** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:24 am

niko my cousin let's go bowling

Post #4 » by **BullyKing** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:30 am

When did James Dolan buy the Mavs?

Questionquest · Post #5 » by **Questionquest** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:40 am

Cuban seems like he's trying too hard to be the smartest guy in the room

BostonCouchGM · Post #6 » by **BostonCouchGM** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:49 am

people are mocking this but if this guy's connections enable them to throw ridiculous amounts of money at Luka, entice others to join him and keep Luka in DAL, it'll be worth it. And I think that's the only logical explanation for this

ThatBoyNick · Post #7 » by **ThatBoyNick** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:50 am

pacers33 wrote:niko my cousin let's go bowling

Roman you idiot

falcolombardi · Post #8 » by **falcolombardi** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:52 am

so anyone explain to me why you hire a person without experience in probasketball management to be a nba GM?

are there not like a hundred people more experienced in this stuff?

xxSnEaKyPxx · Post #9 » by **xxSnEaKyPxx** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:55 am

Makes me believe Jason Kidd will be making the personnel decisions, and Niko will be there to keep the ship straight.

Winsome Gerbil · Post #10 » by **Winsome Gerbil** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:58 am

xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:Makes me believe Jason Kidd will be making the personnel decisions, and Niko will be there to keep the ship straight.

Nah,, gambler dude's got this.

Can we start the "So where does Luka end up?" thread yet?

BenoUdrihFTL · Post #11 » by **BenoUdrihFTL** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 2:07 am

Does this guy wield influence within Nike, and if so, at what point does the NBA start looking into conflicts of interest?

mabundo_nagumbe · Post #12 » by **mabundo_nagumbe** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 3:00 am

falcolombardi wrote:so anyone explain to me why you hire a person without experience in probasketball management to be a nba GM?

are there not like a hundred people more experienced in this stuff?

Reportedly, he would work in tandem with Finley

Jonny Blaze · Post #13 » by **Jonny Blaze** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 3:01 am

Winsome Gerbil wrote:
xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:Makes me believe Jason Kidd will be making the personnel decisions, and Niko will be there to keep the ship straight.

Nah,, gambler dude's got this.

Can we start the "So where does Luka end up?" thread yet?

Luka will end up in the same place James Harden does

HotRocks34 · Post #14 » by **HotRocks34** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 3:21 am

Interesting

Lakers LeBron · Post #15 » by **Lakers LeBron** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 3:28 am

Pharmcat wrote:Cubes passed on Ring, which Shaq of all people saw the potential in and invested in it. Cubes has done nothing in the last decade to get the pass he gets. He is a very overrated person who makes lots of questionable decisions.

Cuban sold an internet radio company that was losing millions of dollars a month to yahoo for 5.7 billion at the height of the dotcom bubble. He could be a complete genius for that move or he could be a below-average businessman who got extremely lucky once.

LofJ · Post #16 » by **LofJ** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 3:31 am

BenoUdrihFTL wrote:Does this guy wield influence within Nike, and if so, at what point does the NBA start looking into conflicts of interest?

Conflicts of interest aren't a concern for the rich and well connected.

timani · Post #17 » by **timani** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 3:56 am

Read on Twitter

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HotRocks34 · Post #18 » by **HotRocks34** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 4:00 am

Bringing in Nico and Kidd (if that happens) might help the team recruit more free agents (long-running team issue).

Not sure Kidd is a great coach (though he has huge BBIQ), but players around the league respect him and seem to like him. And players apparently like Nico as well.

Maybe this can work out, and Cuban/Bob are on the right path?

We'll see.

JoeyLightYears · Post #19 » by **JoeyLightYears** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 4:02 am

Does he have a Bovada account?

Viper1500 · Post #20 » by **Viper1500** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 4:34 am

Lol at anyone here criticizing Cuban who is worth billions and got there without nepotism.

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