Donnie Nelson OUT as Mavs GM: What's Next?

On this episode of Mavs Step Back LIVE, Dalton Trigg and Matt Galatzan breakdown the Dallas Mavericks and GM Donnie Nelson mutually parting ways and look ahead to what could be next for the Dallas front office.

Dalton Trigg | Jun 16, 2021

Donnie Nelson, former general manger of the Dallas Mavericks. That's going to take a long time for us to get used to. On Wednesday, the shocking news broke that the Mavs and Nelson mutually agreed to part ways after more than two decades of partnership.

“I just want to thank Donnie for his 24 years of service to this organization,” said owner Mark Cuban. “Donnie has been instrumental to our success and helped bring a championship to Dallas. His hard work, creativity and vision made him a pioneer. Donnie will always be a part of the Mavs family and I wish him all the best.”

On this episode of Mavs Step Back LIVE, we breakdown the move and look ahead to what could be next for the Dallas front office. Was this the correct move that needed to be made? Would hiring an in-house name like Michael Finley be good move? What about Toronto Raptors' President and GM Masai Ujiri? With his contract expiring this summer, would owner Mark Cuban be willing to persuade Ujiri to come to Dallas to build a championship contender around 22-year-old phenom Luka Doncic? We discus all this and much more right here:

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Published Jun 16, 2021

DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.