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[Jason Terry]

The kings have a good team.  They play a fun style of basketball.   I agree though, they appear to be a first round exit team at their best.   

One of the things we discussed at the trade deadline is making a move then as opposed to this summer.  It appears there are a lot of teams who are going to be aggressive and this may raise the prices.  The Mavs may have played a role in this as well.  Now every team thinks they are magically one piece away from breaking thru (hint, hint...You need that top 5 player first).   It seems like now you have the good but not great teams, who may do a panic trade.    The pick hoarding/cap space teams who may be strategic on a big move.   You will also have the desperate teams.   So it could be very well the Mavs could have seen a really crowded market for the players this summer if they decided to wait until this summer.

Your point you make IMO is the story of the offseason and the best thing that could happen for the Mavs……jack those prices up and let’s hope for as many dumb decisions as possible. 

Going team by team in the West there’s only the Jazz and Blazers that are clear tanking teams. There’s no good argument for any of the other 13 teams to tank

Not only are so many average teams fully mortgaged, there’s a wide range of teams that are under significant pressure to make a big move. 

It’s basically the same few teams as sellers this summer as it was at the TDL. We already cherry picked 2 guys from Wizards and Hornets. Teams that have that type of player to sell may want more because they’re afraid they’re selling low on the next PJ. Teams that want that player could be more willing to pay more if they convince themselves that player is the next PJ. 

Overall, I’m watching OKC and San Antonio closely. Those are the biggest threat to us long term. They have the ammo to cause us problems going forward. Hopefully they make some mistakes