(03-28-2021, 10:29 AM)mavsluvr Wrote: Thanks, F.
Don't know if you are familiar, but physicals are actually not a part of all trades. They are the default route, but acquiring teams can waive the requirement that the acquired player pass a physical if they choose. This is common, for example, when a team acquires a player that they intend to cut immediately -- they'll waive the physical, because there is no reason to go through with it.
When a team intentionally acquires a player that they know cannot pass a physical, they will also waive the requirement that he pass one.
It is true that a team can decide after the trade is approved by the NBA to waive the physical, but as you say this generally is used when the player is going to be waived and it's moot.
More importantly, the NBA's point isn't about "passing a physical." Most players have issues. But you think you know what they are when talking trade (medical records will be shared then). Instead, it is to ensure that every trade automatically includes an after-the-trade opportunity to inspect the goods when delivered, so to speak, to be sure you are getting what you think you bargained for. You never know.
If the Mavs didn't take any look at Redick and just blindly said "He has passed," that's on them. But I doubt that was the case, inasmuch as they clearly did something that caused them to make an evaluation. And having done so, even though they didn't like the result, they still felt they will be better off with "this version of Redick" than without.