Trade & FA 2024-25:

[SleepingHero]

Good on you for owning that.  I try to always remember my failed predictions, like signing Lonzo Ball instead of THJ; Ball hasn't played a minute since.

I thought Ayton had buyer beware simply because he didn't punish us in that series.  We let him go, free range, with only Powell covering him.  OK numbers when he should have been balling.

To be fair I don't think anyone would've reasonably expected Lonzo's career to end in a snap so I'll give you a pass on that one.


With Ayton, I was so gun-ho for him because I didn't think there was a reasonable starting center available, at that talent level, for the price of THJ+McGee+Richaun Holmes, if the Marc Stein rumor was to be believed. I wasn't interested in Ayton if he cost anything more. And I definitely didn't think Lively would be ready to be a starting center for a finals team in his rookie year.

All things considered the Mavs made out like bandits.