11-03-2025, 04:05 PM
(11-03-2025, 03:43 PM)mvossman Wrote: but as we watch this play out it seems like Nico/Kidd not getting out of him what Philly has is more of an organizational failure than a good reason for that trade.
I can see this POV, for sure, and I'm not really concerned with whether or not it was a good trade. Litigating that (still) seems pointless and boring to me. What I'm pushing back against is the idea that he (Grimes) would be contributing here and now what he is in Philly. For whatever reason, the circumstances leading up to that trade didn't make me feel that was likely, and that feeling hasn't changed.
In general, it's getting really tiresome that this board can't get past last season. I don't know what is left to accomplish by discussing these things anymore. Harrison hasn't been fired, and there's no indication that he will be any time soon. Lindsey, the guy who brought in Grant Williams and really wanted to give TWO first round picks for Kyle Kuzma (going off of the prevailing logic that he was in charge while here, despite literally no evidence of that), doesn't work here anymore and isn't coming back. No amount of negative posts on a message board the Mavs don't know exists will bring about any change in those realities. All it's doing is dragging the few of us who are trying to enjoy this season into the drudge of misery the majority seem determined to live in.
Not sure how much longer I can read the exact, same negative posts from the exact, same negative people (not directed at you, Mvossman, just at the conversation we're having).