Dumont's talks with Ujiri were largely shielded from …

Dumont's talks with Ujiri were largely shielded from the rest of the organization until Monday but make significant sense in the wake of Dallas' abrupt appointment given the longstanding leaguewide belief that Dumont wanted to make the splashiest hire possible and that Ujiri — unlike everyone else in that category who was on the Mavericks' wish list — was not currently attached to another NBA team. marcstein. substack.