The 'Shadow GM' Causing A Rift In Dallas
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🗓️ 21 June 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Last week, The Athletic's Tim Cato and Sam Amick published a report about tension and dysfunction within the Dallas Mavericks caused by research and analytics expert (and former professional gambler) Haralabos Voulgaris. The report claimed that Haralabos was acting as a 'shadow GM' for the team's owner, Mark Cuban, who responded by saying that claims of internal turmoil were "total bullshit." But just a few days later, long-time general manager Donnie Nelson and head coach Rick Carlisle parted ways with the team, and the Mavs are now in search of new leadership. Today, Tim Cato joins us to break down Cuban's rationale for hiring someone with Voulgaris's background in he first place, why he rubbed many staff members and players -- especially superstar Luka Doncic -- the wrong way, and what his ongoing influence could mean for the future of the team.
Read Tim Cato and Sam Amick's story about Voulgaris and the Mavericks:
https://theathletic.com/2649806/2021/06/14/inside-the-mavericks-front-office-mark-cubans-shadow-gm-is-causing-a-rift-with-luka-doncic/
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| 0:46.0 | Over the past week, the Dallas Mavericks front office has basically been vacated. |
| 0:56.0 | The Dallas Mavericks say they mutually agreed part ways with General Manager Donnie Nelson. |
| 1:01.0 | Rick Carlisle, who led the Mavericks to that championship 10 years ago informed owner Mark Cuban today |
| 1:07.0 | he will not return as their head coach next year. This is a huge change in Dallas Mavericks. |
| 1:13.0 | But what makes this shake up so unusual is its connection with the controversial person within the Mavericks organization, |
| 1:19.0 | an analytics expert and former professional gambler. |
| 1:23.0 | The athletic drop, a bit of a bombshell report earlier today and it's around this quote-unquote shadow GM Bob Fulgaris. |
| 1:33.0 | Today, the athletics Tim Kato, who broke that story, joins us to discuss why Mavericks owner Mark Cuban hired a former professional gambler in the first place, |
| 1:42.0 | how Fulgaris has been rubbing players and staff members the wrong way, and why so many people within the Mavericks organization |
| 1:48.0 | were willing to speak with Tim for his story. |
| 1:51.0 | The reason a lot of the team sources spoke to us is because there are concerns that the way things were operating would lead to a situation in a few years |
| 2:00.0 | where it was possible they would look back and say, man, we have Luca Dachit and we really screwed up. |
| 2:06.0 | And nobody, nobody around the team wants to look back and have that very humbling and unsettling thought. |
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