Summer League Game 1: 7pm CST on ESPN

[Dahlsim]

I didn't make myself clear.  I was more curious about your willingness to give Nico a blank slate.  If we picked where we were supposed to and were staring at a short window with little hope and then nothing in the future, would still have this same overall attitue.

Interesting point. Consider also that luck is always part of mix for GMs and franchises.  
It was bad injury luck that pretty much shattered any chance for the trade to vindicate itself on the floor last season.  Healthy AD, Kyrie and the roster actually looked pretty good for the very brief time it appeared. 

Good ping pong ball luck came along and trumped bad injury luck by making up the future Dallas franchise player years Nico had so drastically discounted away. Fortune was going to play its part either way.