MAVS NEWS:

[Winter]

I truly believe it was in the cards all along. For a team that had the slimmest of chances to come away with the number 1 pick.  They had to placate one of the larger media markets in the NBA, which was ready to riot, and which was seriously screwed over by an inept GM trading one of the game's best players in an under-the-table deal that was akin to two ships passing in the night. JMHO.

In a way, it was in the cards. We had moved down so often in the draft, I think the odds would eventually favor a move in the other direction.