Tim MacMahon on the aftermath of Firing Nico, Anthony Davis, Patrick Dumont & more

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ESPN NBA reporter Tim MacMahon joined RJ and Bobby following the Mavericks’ firing of GM Nico Harrison. MacMahon discussed the aftermath of the move, Anthony Davis, his injury status, Patrick DuMont’s role in team decisions, the search for a new GM, what this means for the Mavs future, and more.

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00:00tim when did it change we're talking with tim mcmahon here on uh 105.3 tim when do you think

00:20the evolution really began for patrick dumont like when the seeds were planted of okay maybe

00:25this isn't maybe this wasn't right and and when do you think it really accelerated

00:29i mean i think that he realized it last year and it was a rude awakening um and like let's just

00:38forget about even the basketball product right patrick dumont is a businessman the dude understands

00:45the bottom line and they were bleeding revenue last year just bleeding revenue forget the emotion

00:52you know forget the the outrage the anger the fact that you know ad got hurt again in his first

00:59game after rushing back by the way because there was a bunch of heat on nico all the stuff that went

01:04wrong on the floor he was sold on luka donchich being a terrible business investment we can't

01:12give this guy a supermax no way he's going to be worth it he came to realize you know not only was

01:20was luka a supermax player but the supermax was a great investment because luka is was what drove

01:28the business of the mavics i mean i know the sellout streak technically just in here in october first of

01:35all give me a break we all realize that was sure phony along but like dude you you looked around that

01:40arena last year attendance plummeted all the associated revenue that goes along with that you know the the

01:47the jersey sales you know the their tv subscription product i mean they were really tanking bleeding

01:54money getting the gift of cooper flag from the basketball gods or whatever conspiracy theory you

02:00might want to believe in that mitigated that some but when you sell your boss a businessman on this

02:08from a business perspective and it ends up being just like one of the worst financial decisions you could

02:14possibly make that's gonna that's gonna erode any trust and honestly nika nika should have been fired

02:22two days after last season

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