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By Matt Audilet
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Just a few weeks after leading the Michigan Wolverines to an NCAA Tournament national championship victory, Dusty May accepted his new head coaching position with the NBA's Dallas Mavericks.
May said he had "full intentions" to return to Ann Arbor for another collegiate basketball season until a conversation with Mavericks team president Masai Ujiri and general manager Mike Schmitz at the NBA Draft combine in Chicago.
"At that point, I had full intentions of being back at Michigan no matter what. We had a great conversation," May explained at his introductory press conference on Monday, via On3 Sports. "It had nothing to do with this position. And then whenever we were talking about our guys — we had three guys in the lottery — it was mentioned that would I have any interest in this job?"
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"My eyes went up and instantly I said, ‘This one checks all the boxes.’ I said, ‘There are certain criteria for any job that we coaches have.’ Mine has always been a little bit different, but this job checks all of them. So, I was excited from that moment," May continued.
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"The Mavs checked every box, and it started with the people in the building, the people that I’m going to be work with every single day," he added. "To feel like you’re aligned, you’re inspired by them, all those things are extremely important."
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In Dallas, May has the privilege of leading some elite NBA talent — including reigning Rookie of the Year Cooper Flagg and nine-time NBA All-Star Kyrie Irving. He also gets to continue some of what he started at Michigan, coaching No. 9 overall pick and former Wolverines star Morez Johnson Jr.
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