Hmmm... Anonymous NBA GM admits he wants his team to tank: http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9893551/anonymous-nba-gm-why-team-tank-season-espn-magazine That story came out this morning. Hours later, we hear Cuban canned Rosas. Coincidence? Maybe.
No, Nelson is the president of basketball operations. Rosas was hired as GM. http://espn.go.com/dallas/nba/story...as-hired-dallas-mavericks-new-general-manager
Maybe he started off his tenure by saying: "Mark, we had a great idea in Houston to start a regional sports network..."
Would make sense. But if so, it's a stupid decision. Let's face it: it's not like what this GM said is earth-shaking. Tanking to win is nothing new, and TONS have teams have done it (including our beloved Rockets?).
Denver or Utah. Maybe Dallas but why commit big money to Caldron and Monte? LOL unless you really think those guys make you worse.
Take it for what it's worth since this is a rumor, but my buddy who works for the Mavericks says that he was told "His personality just didn't fit, he got too big for his britches. Heard he was a primadonna." I asked if he had ever met him, and he stated that he was "nice as hell to me". Also said "I heard he wanted a bunch of random little ****, like painting his office blue...picking the food, etc." Interesting eh?
The NBA does allow non-compete clauses. The non-compete clause was the main leverage in the Celtic/Doc Rivers/Clippers trade that just happened this off-season.
I wonder if it's just how the Rockets and Mavs run differently. Morey seems to be the type who wants to hear from everybody in the front office, even the interns, and Cuban is perhaps more top down Jerry Jones like with the Mavs
Could be, but it's not like this guy was the team trainer -- he was the general manager. If Cuban didn't want his opinion, he probably shouldn't have placed him in that position in the company.
It surely wasn't anything to do with his player acquisitions. Calderon was signed before Rosas came on board. Ellis was signed a day after he got there. Devin Harris, Brandan Wright and draftee Shane Larkin were all signed the first week after Rosas arrived, so those were likely already in the works. That leaves DeJuan Blair as the only signing that might have had significant input from Rosas.
That is obviously Phoenix. No one else has traded away multiple vets in an effort to tank except possibly Boston, though they have said they still wanted to win.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Sources tell ESPN trigger for Gersson Rosas' departure was Rosas' desire to head basketball operations in Dallas. Mavs brought him in (CONT)</p>— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/statuses/395286567901605888">October 29, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Mavs brought Rosas in from Houston to inject new voice/ideas in supplementary role to longtime president of basketball ops Donnie Nelson</p>— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/statuses/395287052217884672">October 29, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> How embarrassing for the Mavs. They didn't even flesh out Rosas's role. That's not some small detail either. 'Am I running the team' seems like something that should be known by both sides before the contract is signed.
No its not Phoenix or Boston. The article said if you take a poll of the other 30 locker rooms they would likly select them as a playoff team. I say Dallas, Utah or Denver.
So Gersson thought they brought him in to be the savior of Dallas basketball, but instead asked him to be just a role player/sixth man type.
Sounds like BS from ALL reports of how he was in Houston. I know a few people who work in sales and marketing, and they all loved and raved about him and Hinkie especially. Nothing bad about Tad or Morey, but almost always it was nothing but positives about how great a guy he was.
