Wisconsin basketball legend Michael Finley has followed up his 16-year NBA career with success in a front office role.
A former NBA All-Star with the Dallas Mavericks, Finley has now been elevated within the Dallas front office to assistant general manager. Despite a ton of changes within the Mavericks hierarchy this offseason, the former Badger not only retained his job but earned a promotion.
The news was first reported by NBA insider Marc Stein, who described Finley’s new job with Dallas as “an expanded role in their front office as assistant GM and vice president of player personnel alongside new Dallas GM Nico Harrison.”
The 2007 NBA champion starred at Wisconsin from 1991-95, earning All-Big Ten first-team honors in 1993 and 1995.
The Mavericks' Michael Finley is finalizing a new contract with the team that gives him an expanded role in their front office as assistant GM and vice president of player personnel alongside new Dallas GM Nico Harrison, league sources say.
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) July 28, 2021