After an eventful 2020-21 regular season, teams around the league made several moves to reorganize themselves with the Dallas Mavericks undergoing a complete overhaul.
A disappointing first-round exit was enough for the Mavericks to hit reset as a franchise as they parted ways with former head coach Rick Carlisle and former general manager Donnie Nelson. Dallas moved quickly in rebuilding itself as they hired Jason Kidd away from the Los Angeles Lakers to become their new head coach and made an out-of-the-box hire to bring in former Nike executive Nico Harrison as their new general manager.