cleo22270 | Heat

627 | 14 hours ago

Nico Harrison has effectively decimated the bridge for shoe executives to become NBA GMs for the foreseeable future.

Ordinary_Prize2933

241 | 14 hours ago

Crazy that that was bridge to begin with.

Szobortz | Mavericks

107 | 14 hours ago

idea was to use him to woo players, coaches to dallas without giving that much power in a committee setting. worked while mark was owner. however, nico was able to grab power during transition and cuban didn’t care.

hilarious cause whole point of hiring a shoe exec instead of a prominent agent was to limit control

mtwolf55 | Trail Blazers

29 | 10 hours ago

Or - and I know this is a crazy idea - They could’ve gone with the third option of someone with front office experience like a current or former GM or assistant GM. 💀

yrogerg123 | Knicks

9 | 9 hours ago

Yea that does sound crazy

Szobortz | Mavericks

5 | 9 hours ago

well if you don’t know how nba works, and how starved mavs have been, then sure. they are manipulating top 10 draft picks bro. like half the nba teams are run by agents. other half by tentacles of spurs organization.

mtwolf55 | Trail Blazers

3 | 9 hours ago

I just did some quick searching and doubt that half of nba gm’s are former agents, looks like about 15%.

KillerMemestarX | Raptors

15 | 13 hours ago

I mean, the logic behind it is relatively similar to the Knicks hiring Leon Rose. You’re hiring someone who hasn’t worked in a front office but has connections to players/agents and experience negotiating basketball contracts. Its an extra layer away from actual front office work so it was riskier than Rose, but I get how they saw Rose work out and overthought their way into getting Nico

wpwpw131

11 | 11 hours ago

Pretty poor logic given that Nico was so bad at details that he left KD’s name in Steph’s pitch along with constantly calling him Seth. I wouldn’t exactly call that a shining beacon of people skills.

Entire-Click2280

1 | 3 hours ago

I suppose Pelinka is another example of this

Key-Share-9046

28 | 14 hours ago

RIP Al Bundy Mavs GM

BrotherSeamus | Thunder

6 | 13 hours ago

I was really looking forward to Big ‘Uns night

realchris | Spurs

4 | 13 hours ago

That’s Atlanta.

cool_coyote | Spurs

3 | 12 hours ago

I’ll always remember when he scored four touchdowns in a single game.

LionK12G

12 | 13 hours ago

It HAS to be the end of non-NBA guys taking lead roles of organizations.

The Bulls hired Marc Eversley away from the 76ers to be their GM back in 2020 after he was initially hired by the 76ers (Bryan Colangelo days) from Nike where he just managed relationships with athletes. The hope was that he would leverage those connections to build the team but he didn’t even appear publicly for most of his tenure in Chicago so no one knew exactly what he did.

YSLAnunoby | Raptors

2 | 4 hours ago

See I can at least kinda understand that kind of guy as an assistant GM who you train up to take that lead position but has good relationships with players and agents and can do contract stuff. I don’t understand just sending that guy up to the top right away

Jack_The_Sparrow_ | Warriors

8 | 14 hours ago

Damn, there goes my career path

ClaymoresRevenge | Bulls

6 | 13 hours ago

Mark Eversley going under the radar for just doing nothing good in Chicago.

AdministrativePeak0

3 | 14 hours ago

Good.

qotsabama | DAL

2 | 14 hours ago

What about shoe executives that fuck up the Steph Curry Nike negotiation?

LHamiltonPP | Pelicans

231 | 14 hours ago

The firing of Casey Smith was absolutely the first domino that led to the Mavs implosion

All because Nico couldn’t work with someone who would tell him he’s wrong

GX112

111 | 12 hours ago

Casey Smith was immediately hired by the Knicks. I think they recently won some NBA award for best training staff and probably one of the reasons why the Knicks have been relatively healthy over the last year or so.

Darwin343 | Minneapolis Lakers

30 | 9 hours ago

So Casey Smith still has a job and Nico doesn’t. All is right in the world.

ebmocal421 | Grizzlies

10 | 6 hours ago

Not if you’re a Mavericks fan

Darwin343 | Minneapolis Lakers

5 | 5 hours ago

Could’ve been a lot worse if you didn’t get Cooper Flagg

Szobortz | Mavericks

106 | 14 hours ago

punctuated by that wrong MRI on austin reaves

Apr 21, 2025 — Bilsborough, who already had big shoes to fill in replacing Smith, never earned Dončić’s trust or respect, according to sources

Johann Bilsborough University Technology Sydney (UTS)/ New England Patriots - ‪‪Cited by 3288‬‬ - ‪Sports Science‬ - ‪Nutrition‬ - ‪Performance‬

a football guy? no wonder

slasher_14 | Supersonics

-4 | 8 hours ago

He worked at the Celtics before his Patriots tenure for 4 years. He also has a PhD, so he isn’t some jobroni

Gargle0nMyMay0

-56 | 13 hours ago

The mri thing wasn’t true. JJ made that up

Certain-Arugula8333 | Lakers

37 | 13 hours ago

Proof?

YerrrKnicks | Knicks

24 | 13 hours ago

Any source for that?

Gargle0nMyMay0

-18 | 13 hours ago

I dropped the link here

Still learning Reddit. Lmk if you can see it

Certain-Arugula8333 | Lakers

11 | 13 hours ago

Did you reply and delete it already lol

Gargle0nMyMay0

-15 | 13 hours ago

I think it was auto deleted or something cause the comment was short.

Let me know if you can see this. Still learning Reddit

YerrrKnicks | Knicks

29 | 13 hours ago

The link works… but nothing here indicates he made it up?

Its a “she-said-he-said” situation and the Mavs just parted ways with the director of the accused party, so…

Is this the correct link you meant to send?

Gargle0nMyMay0

-12 | 12 hours ago

The entirety of the topic of the mri is “she said he said”. If the Mavs response is to be dismissed on that basis so should JJs comments no?

Just being fair, it’s fair for you to discount this as hearsay however JJs comments have to be held to the same standard. Fair?

YerrrKnicks | Knicks

28 | 12 hours ago

You said it like there was definitive proof that he lied. There isn’t.

The only proof that something wrong was done, or that someone lied, is the Mavs firing their Director of Health and Performance only a few days after this incident occurred.

I’m sure that it’s just a coincidence though… 👀

Personally, I subscribe to the “Occam’s Razor” philosophy on things like this.

Gargle0nMyMay0

-6 | 12 hours ago

I never said there was “definitive proof” I never even came close to saying that.

There isn’t definitive proof of:

JJs comments
The Mavs response

They’re both “she said he said” they both agree that an mri happened but that cannot be “definitively proven” with publicly available information.

I see that you’re a “guilty until proven innocent” kind of guy and that’s disappointing. You should treat both sides with the same scrutiny rather than just picking a side

YerrrKnicks | Knicks

17 | 11 hours ago

I never said there was “definitive proof” I never even came close to saying that.

You said -

The mri thing wasn’t true. JJ made that up

As if it was a factual, definitive, and forgone conclusion…

That is the language you used. That is why we asked for a source.

I see that you’re a “guilty until proven innocent” kind of guy -

Not really, no. I’m more of a “look at the evidence and connect the dots” kinda guy.

The Director of Mavs Health and Performance was fired a few days after the initial comment and incident happened.

Luka - the franchise player on their team at the time - didn’t even trust them enough to put his own health in their hands… Let’s add in the general incompetence of that FO to begin with too.

That isn’t a “guilty until proven innocent” stance. That’s a “Its right in your face” stance.

I mean, really think about it…

Why would the Mavs intentionally put out a statement that says they have an incompetent medical director and that they messed up a procedure on an NBA player? Why didn’t Luka trust them while he was there? Why did they suddenly let this guy go only a few days after this incident occurred?

In comparison, the only thing that points to JJ lying is a statement by the Mavs basically saying - “We investigated ourselves and found nothing wrong”…

I’m a Knicks fan, not a Lakers fan. I have no reason to hold a bias against or in favor of either of these two parties 😂

Gargle0nMyMay0

-15 | 11 hours ago

lol

yetagainitry

51 | 14 hours ago

Which team has the best health/performance crew now? i remember back in the day, the Suns crew was always praised for extending/rejuvenating the careers of Shaq, Grant Hill, and Amare.

jt21295 | Knicks

84 | 13 hours ago

Funny enough, one of the top competitors for that title is the Knicks. And all they had to do was hire the Mavs’ crew after Nico chased them out of town.

mikesh8rp | Knicks

30 | 13 hours ago

Yeah, I don’t want to jinx anything, but hiring the former Mavs crew (which I believe happened in part due to Brunson recommending them) has seemingly helped OG play 74 games last season and 67 this year, to say nothing for how quickly Brunson has gotten back on the court after some dicey ankle injuries.

heat_fan_ | Raptors

44 | 14 hours ago

Raptors one is one of the best

anemonaeae

4 | 10 hours ago

100% Alex Mcechnie is underrated. I’m surprised no one has tried to poach him

PAWGle_the_lesser | Raptors

23 | 13 hours ago

Nobody knows lol. You think people here have a clue? The logic is just “less injuries = better”

YerrrKnicks | Knicks

7 | 13 hours ago

Knicks has had a pretty good one.

Individual-Echo6076

3 | 13 hours ago

Aaron “Cowboy” Nelson was well respected.

Imaginary_Crab2034

2 | 14 hours ago

They were hired by the Pelicans but I think Zion and his troubles caused them to get fired

Szobortz | Mavericks

-4 | 14 hours ago

warriors have always had the best. led by ex soccer player whose kid is top hockey prospect.

then you have knicks with mavs old staff.

lakers probably have the worst because the owners were broke bois. so in that sense clippers probably the best. what we’ve seen from kawhi is crazy.

The_NGUYENNER | DEN

3 | 13 hours ago

My fear is we have one of the worst. I usually chalk things up to “just the way she goes sometimes” but this year’s injuries have been…… extreme. And all seemingly hammies/calves

heat_fan_ | Raptors

20 | 14 hours ago

Was it the wrong MRI on AR that was the final draw

Illini_Guy16 | Slovenia

17 | 13 hours ago

To the surprise of no one, the person in charge of keeping players health (who utterly failed) has been fired

SquidwardsInParis | Knicks

9 | 11 hours ago

Is this the guy that almost ended Dereck Lively’s career because he refused to get him an MRI?

erichama | Grizzlies

7 | 12 hours ago

Can we get a report like this about our team, too?

Please?

Please?!

Sharp_Mind_2199 | Cavaliers

5 | 13 hours ago

Kyrie’s chakra realignment instructor is rubbing his hands together rn. LFG

Call555JackChop | Suns

4 | 13 hours ago

Dr. kevorkian 2.0

anemonaeae

4 | 10 hours ago

Next up is gonna be whoever this guy is for the nuggets. Hamstrings blowing up everywhere

OMJuwara | Nets

1 | 12 hours ago

The Mavs LVP the last few years has been their training/med staff

left4dead99

1 | 8 hours ago

Could this be related to the Reaves thing?

rThundrbolt | Slovenia

1 | an hour ago

I think it’s more related to the whole Mavs thing in general

newme02 | Suns

1 | 7 hours ago

he made Luka fat

rsred

-4 | 13 hours ago

that name sounds AI generated

rocket_beer | Celtics

-6 | 12 hours ago

He got Luka fat

The blame game continues

Everyone is to blame except ownership 🤦🏽‍♂️

Aurion7 | Hornets

6 | 9 hours ago

The Mavericks’ issues with injuries go quite a bit further than Luka.

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-19 | 14 hours ago

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OmastarLovesDonuts | Mavericks

10 | 14 hours ago

Well he certainly didn’t seem to do a good job of treating those injured ankles, I’m glad to see a change in the medical staff given how bad they’ve been

ProfessionalPale350

3 | 14 hours ago

Mavs have been super healthy this year and last year

TheRealPdGaming | Mavericks

3 | 14 hours ago

I can’t tell if this is sarcasm or not…

Szobortz | Mavericks

1 | 14 hours ago

how can you not?

fisheggsoup | Jazz

1 | 13 hours ago

Not sarcasm whatsoever.

[MacMahon] The Mavericks have parted ways with director of health and performance Johann Bilsborough, sources told ESPN.