Marc Stein：由于 NBA对管理层薪资及教练团队薪酬并无工资帽限制，杜蒙特在花钱上毫不手软，试图以此弥补他曾犯下的错误。据业内消息人士透露，为了挖来乌杰里，杜蒙特承诺为其提供年薪高达八位数的合约；另外，在基德原有合同还剩多年且薪水全额保障的情况下，杜蒙特也毅然拍板支付违约金与其分道扬镳。

it's likewise true that — with no salary cap restrictions governing front office or bench expenditures — Dumont has shown no hesitation to spend in an attempt to rectify his mistake in signing off on the Harrison-driven push to trade Dončić away at age 25 and fresh off a trip to the NBA Finals. Dumont has committed to what industry sources say is comfortably an eight-figure annual salary to land Ujiri and blessed the decision to let Kidd go with so many years and dollars still left on the coach's contract.

截至发稿前，接替基德的热门人选尚未明朗。不过，马刺队的斯威尼与森林狼的米卡尔·诺里——这两位被联盟公认为未来的主教练苗子——都是达拉斯方面熟悉的面孔。斯威尼曾在基德执教的五个赛季中担任其首席助教长达四年，后才转投马刺出任副主教练；而诺里则在乌杰里首次执掌猛龙队期间，便与他在多伦多共事过。此外，正如联盟某些教练圈人士所推测的那样，若乌杰里心中早有人选，也绝不会令人感到意外。

The top candidates to replace Kidd were not immediately apparent Tuesday night, but San Antonio's Sean Sweeney and Minnesota's Micah Nori — widely regarded around the league as future head coaches — are both known quantities in Dallas. Sweeney was the lead assistant on Kidd's staff for the first four of his five seasons before Sweeney left to become associate head coach in San Antonio; Nori worked with Ujiri in Toronto during Ujiri's first of two stints with the Raptors. It also would not be surprising if Ujiri, as some in league coaching circles believe, already has candidates in mind.