(02-10-2022, 06:32 PM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: They need another big unless Kidd is going to play Brown or Boban more.  All of a sudden they are thin up front. Chriss is up and down mostly down. He fouls too much.

(02-10-2022, 05:59 PM)SatnamSingh Wrote: RIP to Maxi's body.  He already couldn't handle his current load.

• "Let me just say, in my conversations with executives/agents over the last week, Jalen Brunson's name got brought up A LOT. At least 3 or 4 different scenarios. I never heard so much talk about a high level role player."
  

• "He gets better every single year, going to get $18-20 million per year, and I don't think it's going to be a bad contract. A decent chance he gets that contract in Dallas."
  
• "Brunson is happy in Dallas, he doesn't want to move." Not enough to get the extension done though.
  
• A lot of talk Knicks would make some moves to free up cap space, huge sigh of relief for the Mavs. 
  
• "Pistons view Brunson as a great fit next to Luka, would be great next to Cade Cunningham too. Pistons asked about Brunson yesterday but it was a brief conversation, Mavs jokingly counter-offered that they had interest in Cade (lol). Jerami Grant was never on the table for the Pistons."
  

(02-11-2022, 02:26 PM)Fuerza1 Wrote: "Pistons view Brunson as a great fit next to Luka, would be great next to Cade Cunningham too. Pistons asked about Brunson yesterday but it was a brief conversation, Mavs jokingly counter-offered that they had interest in Cade (lol). Jerami Grant was never on the table for the Pistons."

(02-11-2022, 03:01 PM)fifteenth Wrote: That's really funny! I wonder if it was Nico that said it.

(02-11-2022, 05:57 PM)cow Wrote: That segment makes me feel better about the numbers being thrown around for Jalen.

(02-11-2022, 07:00 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Windhorst’s description of what went wrong with Bertans scared me even more about him though.

(02-11-2022, 07:09 PM)Kammrath Wrote: Summary?

(02-11-2022, 07:31 PM)cow Wrote: He didn't play in the bubble because of the injury.  After the bubble he signed this big contract.  He was out of the country for a huge number of months, signed the contract overseas, didn't come back after March 2020, signed the contract.  He came back to training camp and wasn't the same player.  It was buyers remorse within days, weeks.  They were like "he'll get better" and he didn't.

(02-11-2022, 09:10 PM)Winter Wrote: I'm sure he's thrilled to be leaving

(02-11-2022, 09:15 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I bet the "fighting for the 4 seed in the West" Dallas Mavericks are looking pretty good as a destination, too

(02-11-2022, 09:15 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I'll see that and raise you:

Despite all of the disgruntled, disillusioned feelings expressed around here daily (many of which are at least somewhat valid), I bet the "fighting for the 4 seed in the West" Dallas Mavericks are looking pretty good as a destination, too.

(02-11-2022, 09:37 PM)cow Wrote: Let's hope Davis is Boban/DAJ like with his friends around the league and spreads the word.

(02-11-2022, 09:40 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I think more players would want to be here than many of us know. 

The Mavs have badly misjudged their desirability to the highest level of players in the past, but I bet there are loads of upper middle class types who'd love to be here right now. And, I still believe that when Luka gets older, he'll be the biggest draw in the league at some point. I think they just tried to build that way a bit too early, personally. 

You and I agree that Cuban is super annoying, and I bet it's a turnoff for loads of players, but I think Kidd/Harrison have helped with that, whether we like the job they're doing or not.