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[Smitty]

I'm also sick of litigating the trade, or the general performance of the front office. I do not care right now. I just want THIS team to be good, and I'm enjoying the hope of that. 

I look forward to the day when everything we talk about doesn't have to pass through a filter of "yeah, but I'm not sure the front office has been punished enough" or "yeah, but it's really important that we point out that all of these good things are happening despite the horrible GM. We can't allow anyone to think he has ever done anything right, because dammit, I'm still mad." I realize that's an exaggeration of the mindset you're applying, but it's intentional hyperbole for effect. There actually is an edge like that on every single comment written here these days, just not as overt as that characterization, and it's draining the life out of me. At this point, I'm almost rooting for Luka to fail, just so I can stop hearing about it. He's a Laker now, so I DON'T CARE. F the Lakers.

This is pretty much where I'm at also. I'm emotionally over the "trade". I won't root for Luka to fail or anything...

I was a Mavs fan before Nico, and I'll be a Mavs fan after he's gone. I can acknowledge that he's done some good things here and some not so good things, just like the other 29 GM's.

I was never a big fan of AD, and I'm still not sold on the "vision", but I'm absolutely looking forward to the day where we talk about the on-court side of MAVS basketball instead of Luka, Lakers, and Men's Health Magazines.