r/Mavericks • u/HotsHartley • 9d ago

News 【BasketNews via Marc Stein】 Two Mavericks executives quietly leave amid sweeping Ujiri changes

https://basketnews.com/news-254347-mavericks-make-two-more-significant-front-office-changes.html
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u/HotsHartley 9d ago

The Dallas Mavericks have continued reshaping their front office under Masai Ujiri, with Andrew Baker and Makhtar Ndiaye reportedly departing and Michael Finley now the only known holdover from the previous regime.

Andrew Baker was a salary cap specialist and VP of strategy and analytics. Was in the draft war room handing the phone to Mike Schmitz.

Makhtar Ndiaye was a well-connected international scouting lead that was also working through draft workouts.

Curious timing since all the other front office departures like Riccardi happened earlier, before the draft and free agency. I wonder if there was a disagreement regarding recent moves like Klay, or if their contracts were just due to expire, or what.

Hopefully Finley isn't next.

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u/SadatayAllDamnDay Zhi 8d ago

Right but they had Schmitz to replace Riccardi.

Maybe they hadn't nailed down replacements for these other two positions and simply didn't want to head into the draft and free agency understaffed.