03-03-2025, 10:01 PM
"I think PJ would be the perfect utility guy to hang on to in a trade like that. I do think they would try to find a way to keep Klay though."
Nico gonna Nico? Perhaps. I do know that if you keep Lively and Christie, then the swap to keeping Klay (instead of PJ) probably costs not only PJ but also Exum. (I figure he would decline 3.5M but accept 6M, or thereabouts.) PJ is a local guy as well, and adds incredible work ethic and intensity. Give me PJ.
"I just think it would take the talents of a different GM than what the Mavs currently have to get KD AND keep Lively, Christie, and PJ."
That insurmountable hurdle is sad and likely very true. But if we are hoping for good things, I'm gonna hope that Nico can figure it out -- nah, I gotta hope they get another decision maker for negotiations by the summer, because I think Nico being competent is too much to hope for. In looking back at what has happened with and without Lindsey, we discover Nico has NEVER demonstrated any real skills for the GM job.
Nico gonna Nico? Perhaps. I do know that if you keep Lively and Christie, then the swap to keeping Klay (instead of PJ) probably costs not only PJ but also Exum. (I figure he would decline 3.5M but accept 6M, or thereabouts.) PJ is a local guy as well, and adds incredible work ethic and intensity. Give me PJ.
"I just think it would take the talents of a different GM than what the Mavs currently have to get KD AND keep Lively, Christie, and PJ."
That insurmountable hurdle is sad and likely very true. But if we are hoping for good things, I'm gonna hope that Nico can figure it out -- nah, I gotta hope they get another decision maker for negotiations by the summer, because I think Nico being competent is too much to hope for. In looking back at what has happened with and without Lindsey, we discover Nico has NEVER demonstrated any real skills for the GM job.
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