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[KillerLeft]

Nice strawman! No one else here has said the C position is "THE position to worry about" or "a front seat in my planning" either. Instead, 99% of the forum discussion has been over Mavs' need for a PG/offense creator and how best to deal with that. You know that!

Some of us ARE pushing back a lot (!!) vs a push push push to trade away good C's in a knee-jerk surplus sale, and have no wish to squander valuable talent - which is not "a front seat in our planning" but instead a major desire to avoid seeing another round of Nico-ing Mavs' good players. 

You seem upset (sorry if I'm reading you wrong). I assure you I meant to create no "strawman," nor was I even only replying to you. If the words I chose offended you, please accept my apology - this was not my intention. 

All I meant by "THE position" and "front seat planning" as verbiage was this: I think ball-handling is more (like, much more) crucial to success in today's NBA than...well, than anything else, really. That's not to say other stuff doesn't matter to me, because it matters a lot. But only if you have the creation to make it matter. It's a little bit like how I see Harrison's "defense wins championships" mantra. Yes, that can be true from a certain point of view - of the 10 best offenses, all making it to the playoffs and each feeling like they have a chance to win a title, I'd say it's highly likely that defense will determine who wins among them. These things are all about the proper perspective to me, and I'm not here to force anyone to agree with me. I just like talking about it. 

And, I'm sorry that I haven't expressed my position better, because you seem to think I'm wanting the Mavs to give away good players. What I'm hoping to see is the ADDITION of good players capable of playing roles that are A) are not currently represented on the roster at a championship level and B) in my personal opinion, more important than DEPTH at a position of plenty. It's that simple, and at no point have I suggested a trade that I don't think makes sense. I actually believe Coby White (just as an example) is a better basketball player than Gafford, but not better than Lively or AD. I think that makes the team better. You don't have to agree, but I wish you wouldn't accuse me of being disingenuous in these conversations. I find the use of "straw man" and some of the other language you used a little off-putting, as it seems to suggest I'm being intentionally antagonistic or obtuse. I assure you, my efforts to participate in the conversation have been genuine. 

Again, my apologies for whatever it is I have written that offended.