Nico is exactly why some Owners dabble

Nico is the reason some sports owners dabble with basketball/football operations.

Reports are showing that Nico basically had 100% power with any basketball decision. The owners would rubber stamp any move he made. The owners basically let the basketball people make basketball decisions. This is what most fans want. An owner dabbling with basketball decisions is considered a big negative.

But now we see the opposite side of the coin. When the basketball people make decisions that are not in the best interest of the team in the long term.

The Nico press conference with Jason Kidd was insane. Nico basically said you only live once and that long term is only 2 years. Two. Years. The guy made a decision based on what is best for the Mavs in the next 2 years and totally ignored the future when AD is 35 and Luka is only 28.

Nico even made a joke that he and Kidd wouldn’t be here in 2 years. He laughed. Kidd didn’t. The guy is basically YOLOing and throwing away the future to try to win now.

It’s absolutely asinine and shows no respect to the Mavericks organization. Absolutely NO RESPECT to Mavs fans who were here decades before Nico and will be here decades after he is long gone. He is like an investment manager who uses the firms cash and goes all in on some scam crypto because he knows he will quit next week.

I can guarantee that Nico already has a job lined up with Nike. The guy doesn’t care if the Mavs fire him. He will wait for his contract to expire and land softly on his executive job at Nike.

Dallas fans and owners should be absolutely furious. This jerk threw away the future for the next 2 years. How selfish can you be to ruin a franchise like this.

The owners are only now finding out how disastrous this decision is. They are not basketball people and they probably bought the story from Nico that AD is better than out of shape Luka. The owners put their trust 100% in Nico. There were no dissenting voices to help the owners. Kidd was totally left out in the dark. Nico simply said he knows how Kidd thinks so Kidd didn’t have to know about it.