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Every major hire an NBA owner makes reveals something about them. And we just learned a fair amount about the Mavericks’ Mark Cuban.
According to reports, Cuban is set to name Nico Harrison, a longtime Nike executive, as his new general manager, and Jason Kidd, a former Mavericks star, as his new head coach.