12-20-2019, 02:11 PM
(12-20-2019, 01:34 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: Actually, several of the opinions that annoyed me were written in direct response to my assertions, calling me out as overly emphatic, etc., when I was most rotundly not.
The "gaslighting" comment was meant as a very strong form of "gimme a break," as in, "you can't expect me to swallow that opinion; you must be putting me on." I accept now from you, Magickian, et al. that it was offensive and over the top, and I apologize for that. It is clear from how they paid Powell that the MBT agrees with you on him, which is far more distressing than anything that you or anyone else types on a message board. The Mavs bid big time against themselves. They gave Powell a contract that none of the other 29 teams would have given him. He essentially has to be traded this year, while he's still a starter, because the Mavs will not be starting him in the near future of Luka-KP contention, and he will have quite negative trade value as an energy bench player. His contract isn't in THJ or Wes territory (partly because simply smaller), but it's not good. It's a mistake almost big enough to cancel out the brilliance of securing DFS for a few years for NBA pennies.
Fif, I like you, and I'm sorry if I got too pushy or even offensive in this exchange. Peace?
Apology accepted, but is what I should avoid here the act of having an opinion about your opinion? Would you prefer that I not?
Maybe I shouldn't call an opinion of yours "overly emphatic". Where is the line in high quality discussion between talking about the issues and talking about each other?
I'm honestly weighing all of this as I type. Is saying that it's "overly emphatic" to say that a player is "obsolutely" something the wrong way to interact, when that's the exact thing I'm trying to disagree with? Is interacting in that way the same thing as typing stuff like "he doesn't have to be dumb" or "gravely intelligence insulting" or justifying this "gas-lighting" accusation by claiming that I'm "trying to get a completely unfounded and unreasonable opinion to the table of reasonable Mavs-fan opinions"?
Honest questions here. If I'm claiming you need to do something different, I'm open to the thought that I need to do something different.