11-03-2025, 03:11 PM
(11-03-2025, 02:10 PM)mvossman Wrote: We didn't even have to offer him the full MLE. He got 10 mil with the Clippers. All we had to do was not offer someone else his starting spot. I still contend this was the move that started the downward spiral (not surprisingly it was Nico first move after Linsey left and Cuban was pushed out). We let our best perimeter defender walk (who we have never replaced) for a guy we could have mostly replaced with the Timmy upgrade Grimes (who currently looks wildly better).
Nico is not who you want making roster-building decisions.
The depressing part is that, if you think the Mavs need to make a trade or 3 to have a better roster, Nico will be the one evaluating what to do and negotiating with an expert GM on the other end (all of whom are eager to trade with him, in light of how he gets raped and will think he won, when he trades).
Unfortunately, the one person in the NBA world who is even dumber than Nico is Dumont, who is so stupid that he has let Nico convince him that the Luka trade and its outcome isn't even Nico's responsibility, but rather is Dumont's. Good grief.
Dumb and Dumber.
* Dumont reportedly "has no problem going into next year with a healthy AD and a healthy Kyrie with Cooper Flagg and seeing what it looks like."
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