(11-11-2025, 11:01 PM)ThisIStheYear Wrote: Yes. Time to lock. The right person got fired. Time to move on. It will be tough for the franchise to dig out of this hole. But they have a path, they have assets, they have deep pockets. If they make a series of 3 or 4 good decisions, they’ll be fine. A number of teams would trade places with them.

(11-11-2025, 10:31 PM)F Gump Wrote: FWIW the money difference in what Luka is being paid is relatively minor (in NBA terms). He still will get Supermax money, only it starts the following year.

(11-11-2025, 10:52 PM)loki Wrote: People will ultimately do what they want, but I see no harm in discouraging destructive behavior. As far as the Dirk and Luka stuff, I think the way Cooper is treated in the present by the organization and fanbase is going to be the far more important factor.

(11-11-2025, 04:47 PM)burekemde Wrote: So do you believe that AD thinks this is a mistake? Max? Flagg? Its the guy that believed in them. No, it will get a lot worse.

This is the right decision yes. Nico should have been fired on the spot for thinking that trade. But things will get a lot worse due to the firing this season. And eventually then better. I dont see AD able to accomodated on this roster with the firing of Nico. He is completely linked to Nicos decision in this roster construction.

(11-12-2025, 01:51 AM)FireNicoHarrison Wrote: I don't care what street clothes thinks honestly, he was the man Who Harrison traded for and he played just 12 TWELVE games since the trade and now he is fat like Shaq.
He is coming here to take 120M and smoke cygars.

Flagg is happy for sure, no more Doncic shade on him.
Max, i think he doesn't care. He was just a young guys in that trade. No pressure.

The vibes around the team are already better. You are dead wrong. Trust me.

(11-12-2025, 02:33 AM)burekemde Wrote: I hope im wrong and team will perform better. But no matter what, this seems as destroyed franchise due to this trade that wont recover for long. I just cant beleive Mavs had the best draft in history with Luka and Brunson, pieces for a dynasty when they hit their prime. And somehow managed to lose all of it for nothing.

(11-11-2025, 04:41 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I see a "lock thread" command coming for this space in the near future. Get it all out of your systems, fellas.

(11-12-2025, 04:48 AM)khaled1987 Wrote: This might sound like a weird suggestion, but I don't think this is necessary the way. Or maybe lock and open another thread.

There is another "club" forum I use a lot, for different sport, that has a "negative thinking fans" thread. 

It is essentially a safe space to vent, get all your negative energy there, and if you are just one browsing it, then do it on your own risk and don't complain about the "negativity". 

I think we need a thread like that here, a one that you can tell users that if they are still mad and thinking about this Luka trade, go there. Rather than banning those who couldn't move on. 

This thread could be perfect for that, or just open a new one.

(11-12-2025, 07:05 AM)Kidnova Wrote: I agree.  I don't see any logical reason to lock this thread.  It was left open originally to be the spot where people could continue to vent about Nico and the Luka trade, and it still serves a purpose.  It will ultimately die on its own.

(11-12-2025, 11:43 AM)SkenfromLMF Wrote: I wonder if Max Christie becomes the next generation of Dwight Powell?
If so, this thing never really dies.

(11-12-2025, 04:48 AM)khaled1987 Wrote: This might sound like a weird suggestion, but I don't think this is necessary the way. Or maybe lock and open another thread.

There is another "club" forum I use a lot, for different sport, that has a "negative thinking fans" thread. 

It is essentially a safe space to vent, get all your negative energy there, and if you are just one browsing it, then do it on your own risk and don't complain about the "negativity". 

I think we need a thread like that here, a one that you can tell users that if they are still mad and thinking about this Luka trade, go there. Rather than banning those who couldn't move on. 

This thread could be perfect for that, or just open a new one.

(11-12-2025, 11:22 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: At some point, negativity only serves to breed more negativity. We're not going to be that type of community. We lost some folks because of the team's actions over the past 9 months, no doubt, and those who are still here need a place to "vent," sure. But, we're starting to lose more folks because of the toxicity and redundancy of the discussions here, and that's something we can control. If the thread dies, it dies, but there are some for whom the negativity is like oxygen, and those people need to go away. I think that those individuals will literally never stop looking for the next thing to complain about, and the next thing after that. This thread might have to be locked to save us all from those people. Or, we could just ban them and be done with it, I suppose, but we're bending over backwards trying to avoid that.

To be clear, they have been warned, and know who they are. We're not in the business of censoring any actual thoughtful, reasonable contributors, no matter what their opinions might be. 

But, at some point, in order to heal we all need to turn the page. I'm sure these topics will never completely die away from Mavs fan culture. Someone compared the situation to the Nash thing the other day, and I think that's a good comparison, at least when imagining the future role of a topic on this forum. 

(11-12-2025, 02:07 PM)khaled1987 Wrote: Again, this feels like forcing things on folks, rather than solving anything.
Let folks have their own space for negative thoughts, and direct it elsewhere rather than allowing it to spread elsewhere. 
There is middle ground between forcing things and allowing negativity to takeover the entire board. 

But it feels that you have already made your decision about it.

(11-12-2025, 12:28 PM)cow Wrote: I don't like this idea or the idea of locking the thread.  No one here is a Mavs employee so we don't always need to put on a brave face or pump sunshine.  Sometimes there is a valid reason for negativity and criticism.  Further, pushing away activity on a forum that barely has any is short sighted.

(11-12-2025, 03:07 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I am not the "decider" of anything. The 5 pm's I get per day about how negative this place has become are. I'm not "forcing" anything on anyone. The morons who don't know how to write and don't have anything compelling to say with the words they do know are forcing this place to feel like a chore to visit. 

You seem to be experiencing a throwaway comment, meant as a warning to some very specific people, in a personal way. I find that regrettable, but at this point I've made it more than clear it wasn't meant the way you're taking it.