{"id":120152,"date":"2026-05-08T19:57:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/mavericks-hire-mike-schmitz-talkbasket-net\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T19:57:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:57:31","slug":"mavericks-hire-mike-schmitz-talkbasket-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/mavericks-hire-mike-schmitz-talkbasket-net\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks hire Mike Schmitz &#8211; TalkBasket.net"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NBA.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Dallas Mavericks announced Friday that they have named Mike Schmitz as the franchise\u2019s new general manager.<\/p>\n<p>Schmitz will report directly to president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri and oversee day-to-day basketball operations, roster strategy and organizational planning.<\/p>\n<p>Before joining Dallas, Schmitz served as assistant general manager for the Portland Trail Blazers, where he was heavily involved in scouting and player evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMike is one of the most respected evaluators and basketball minds in the NBA,\u201d Ujiri said. \u201cHe brings intelligence, discipline, humility and a relentless work ethic to everything he does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ujiri also praised Schmitz\u2019s ability to help create a connected organizational culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are building something special in Dallas, and Mike will be a major part of that vision,\u201d Ujiri said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mike Schmitz Hired As General Manager Of Mavericks <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E1eds73ogt\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/E1eds73ogt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RealGM (@RealGM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealGM\/status\/2052834740017762554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkbasket.net\/217886-mavericks-hire-mike-schmitz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBA.com The Dallas Mavericks announced Friday that they have named Mike Schmitz as the franchise\u2019s new general manager. Schmitz will report directly to president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri and oversee day-to-day basketball operations, roster strategy and organizational planning. Before joining Dallas, Schmitz served as assistant general manager for the Portland Trail Blazers, where he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120152"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}