Poll: How long before fans' emotions return to normal?

[mvossman]

Right now, most fans are reacting out of pure emotion:

The sky is falling.

I hope Luka exceeds all expectations and shows Nico for the terrorist he is.

I don't care about the team anymore, and I'll never watch again.

My life is a failure and I have no purpose.

Since they've made this colossal blunder, they should just go ahead and completely destroy the team.

Every move that the Mavs have ever made is the worst possible. There's no hope.

...stuff like that.

So, realistically, how long will it be before emotions subside and rationality kicks back in?

I think you are confused regarding the impact of a GM completely nuking a team.  The "fans" will never fully recover because the fanbase has been significantly altered.  There will a non negligible number of fans that will not root for this team again.  

You ask when rationality sets in, but its actually a very rational response to evaluate the situation and decide its no longer worth putting the time and emotion into rooting for a team that appears to have little interest in winning and clearly stated it has no interest in the future.