Further details on Mavs dismissing GM Rosas after 69 days
Slowly, further details on the odd departure of Gersson Rosas are beginning to hit twitter.
Earlier Tuesday, it was announced that Rosas and the Dallas Mavericks would be parting ways, just 69 days after Rosas took over in the general manager's chair.
Sources close to situation tell ESPN that "fit" questions were raised almost immediately after Rosas' late-July arrival in DAL front office
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) October 29, 2013
Sources tell ESPN trigger for Gersson Rosas' departure was Rosas' desire to head basketball operations in Dallas. Mavs brought him in (CONT)
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) October 29, 2013
Mavs brought Rosas in from Houston to inject new voice/ideas in supplementary role to longtime president of basketball ops Donnie Nelson
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) October 29, 2013
Rosas, just 35, had originally been targeted by Dallas to improve their scouting and player development efforts. It seems, from the discourse from Stein and others, that his actual role was unclear, and that led to confusion and the aforementioned fit concerns.
It's worth pointing out that Rosas joined the organization after the signings of Monta Ellis and Jose Calderon, two of the team's major offseason moves, so it's almost impossible this could have been performance-related.
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