10-25-2025, 01:35 PM
(10-25-2025, 12:13 PM)mvossman Wrote: Whatever Nico reasons, it was not an over fixation on defense. That is just the excuse he used after the trade. His first big trade was dumping KP for Din and Bertans (not defensive stalwarts). His next big trade was for Kyrie (not a defensive stalwart) and his first big move after Cuban was pushed out was to let DJJ walk and trade for a 34 year old Klay. His prior history does not show an over focus on defense, it shows a focus on trading for guys he has a prior relationship with. It looks like he simply had a big beef with Luka and saw an opportunity to get rid of him while bringing in another one of his buddies.
In other words he likes old players. That´s probably why Cuban hired him. They share the same a** backwards idea of what a winning time looks like. I blamed it on Carlisle many years, but it was probably mostly Cuban´s directive.
I don´t know, if Morey would have been dumb enough to do PG13 + 3rd pick for Davis, but probably. Could have changed the whole trajectory of the franchise. Now they´ll have to get really lucky to nail that lottery pick in a few months or they are completely screwed.
Patterson
Edgecombe
Flagg
Washington
Lively
Damn that is some Sam Presti level stuff.