02-09-2025, 01:14 PM
KL. I read every single line of your post and there are certain sections I strongly agree with, but you completely lost me when you said you agreed with RTG post.
No one is calling anyone the Devil (this is for RTG). Let’s put hyperbole aside.
Assets management has been a historically sore point with this franchise. We didn’t get much for KP, we didn’t get anything for Brunson and now, as good as AD is and as decent as Christie might become, we got pennies on the dollar for a 25 year old, universally regarded as a top 5, if not top 3, current player. Every single time the Mavs give up picks or don’t get much back we always have an excuse.
So fans are calling them out for their utter incompetence. They mortgaged the future to build around Luka and when the decision to move away from Luka was made it should have been with a clear vision to tear this down and get as many assets as possible. At that point even a Kyrie here doesn’t make sense. Poor trade, confusing vision.
Now you do all that and then make statements like Dumont has made. I have said everything that is wrong with those statements in my previous post. They come across not just as crass but poor from a business point of view as well. Plus it devalues every thing Luka did for this franchise , despite all the frustrations you have listed out.
Apart from just how the trade was executed, to me there is zero agreement with anyone who finds no fault with Nico’s and now Dumont’s maturity and words post the trade.
No one is calling anyone the Devil (this is for RTG). Let’s put hyperbole aside.
Assets management has been a historically sore point with this franchise. We didn’t get much for KP, we didn’t get anything for Brunson and now, as good as AD is and as decent as Christie might become, we got pennies on the dollar for a 25 year old, universally regarded as a top 5, if not top 3, current player. Every single time the Mavs give up picks or don’t get much back we always have an excuse.
So fans are calling them out for their utter incompetence. They mortgaged the future to build around Luka and when the decision to move away from Luka was made it should have been with a clear vision to tear this down and get as many assets as possible. At that point even a Kyrie here doesn’t make sense. Poor trade, confusing vision.
Now you do all that and then make statements like Dumont has made. I have said everything that is wrong with those statements in my previous post. They come across not just as crass but poor from a business point of view as well. Plus it devalues every thing Luka did for this franchise , despite all the frustrations you have listed out.
Apart from just how the trade was executed, to me there is zero agreement with anyone who finds no fault with Nico’s and now Dumont’s maturity and words post the trade.