New Mavs Era: Will Nico & Kidd Attract Star Talent To Dallas?

On this episode of the Mavs Step Back Podcast, Dalton Trigg and Matt Galatzan are joined by DallasBasketball.com boss man Mike Fisher to discuss the Dallas Mavericks' hirings of Nico Harrison and Jason Kidd. Can this new era of Mavericks' leadership finally get the franchise over the hump and attract star talent to Dallas either through free agency or trades?

Dalton Trigg | Jun 29, 2021

The Dallas Mavericks made it official on Monday by formally announcing the hirings of new GM Nico Harrison and head coach Jason Kidd. While the Harrison hire has mostly praised, the Kidd hire has been scrutinized by many, not only because of Kidd's previous personal baggage, but also because he just hasn't experienced a lot of success as an NBA head coach up to this point.

After two positive years of being an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Lakers and getting along great with superstars LeBron James and Anthony Davis, can Kidd build off of that momentum to finally find head coaching success in the same city he won a title in as a player?

Damn I hate to lose JKidd man but damn I’m happy for him at the same time! Good luck Kidd!
— LeBron James (@KingJames) June 25, 2021

On this episode of the Mavs Step Back Podcast, we're joined by DallasBasketball.com boss man Mike Fisher to discuss both Mavs hires in depth. Can this new era of Mavericks' leadership finally get the franchise over the hump and attract star talent to Dallas either through free agency or trades? Will Harrison's inexperience as an NBA executive or Kidd's head coaching track record really matter that much if they're able to use their player connections to build a legitimate championship contender around Luka Doncic?

And what about the Damian Lillard saga? Over the weekend, the Portland Trail Blazers star showed his first signs of discontent with the franchise he's spent nine seasons with. Given that Lillard has personal relationships with both Harrison and Kidd, you can't help but ask, "could there be more to this?" It would awfully difficult for the Mavs to come up with a suitable trade package to satisfy the Blazers in a potential trade, but if Lillard lets it be known that he wants to be in Dallas, the chances of it actually happening increases exponentially.

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Published Jun 29, 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.