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| RE: 2021 FREE AGENCY: JC and ATL have "no momentum" |
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| 2021 FREE AGENCY: Markkanen wants out of CHI | DAL "definitely interested" |
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Dallas Mavericks and the NBA
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| Some random positive thoughts. I think a lot of the disappointment here is misplaced. Even if there are no more moves coming, and I doubt that will be the case, I cannot see any great problem with Nico’s performance this summer. 1) It is a thin free agent year. While some nice players signed bargain contracts, most teams overpaid. Some by a lot. 2) Of the one’s we “should have” signed, the sense that the missed opportunity was evidence of MBT incompetence or the idea that players do not want to live in Dallas is more than a little reductionist. We make fun of the fact that fans in NY, LA and Boston seem to think they are entitled to every free agent who comes along, but we are often guilty of the same thing. Free agent signings do not occur in some sort of dyadic vacuum in which players decide Dallas or Not Dallas. There are a lot of other considerations out there. It is not always all about us. 3) The old regime was rightly criticized for failing to have enough value contracts to make decent trades. Were the Mavs able to get some value this summer? Dunno. The nature of value free agent contracts is that usually their true value only becomes apparent with time (otherwise, players would usually not sign them). But it is possible that one of the Browns or UDFAs we signed will turn out to be value contracts. It is possible that the apparently strange WCS decision is part of a larger trade plan. It is reasonable to suggest that the Bullock and THJ contracts are palatable for fringe starters. 4) I think it would be unreasonably optimistic to think that we could have solved all our problems in one thin free agent class. We did address some of them. Maybe the fact that we lead the world in centers means that more help is coming through trade. But whatever happens, this process has to be iterative. The old regime left the cupboard bare. There has to be some attempt to restock it before the miracle trades or signings occur. 5) Let’s not trade Luka to the Lakers. |
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