The Dallas Mavericks' alleged crush on Tim Connelly won't lead to a relationship.

After months of rumors suggesting the Mavericks had eyes on Connelly to become their next president of basketball operations, Dallas has agreed to hire former Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri.

Shams Charania reports that Ujiri will be the team president and alternate governor of the Mavericks. That move comes just days after NBA insider Marc Stein reported that the chances of Dallas connecting with Connelly, who has been Minnesota's president of basketball operations since 2022, were fading.

Stein updated the situation in his latest Substack rumblings on Sunday: "As I first reported late Thursday/early Friday [on Twitter] shortly after Minnesota completed a six-game undressing of rival Denver in Round 1, there is a growing resignation in Dallas that the Mavericks will not be granted permission to speak with the Timberwolves' Tim Connelly in their search for a new head of basketball operations."

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