06-23-2021, 04:28 PM
(06-23-2021, 03:21 PM)Mavs2021 Wrote: Lucky you. LOL. Feel like we should make a list of all the things Cuban has done in the last decade. Let me try the comprehensive list.
- Dismantled the whole championship team for capspace to try and sign Dwight Howard and Deron Williams, who both proved to be completely washed-up.
- Traded an unprotected 1st round pick for an know drug addict in Lamar Odom.
- Traded a 1st round pick for Rudy Fernandez, who didn´t want to play in the NBA anymore and went home to Spain immediately.
- Traded Jae Crowder (because he rightfully wanted minutes on the Mavs) + Brandan Wright + 1st round pick + 2nd round pick for Rajon Rondo (who Carlisle did not want and subsequently dismantled and embarrassed publically) + Dwight Powell
---> Later prematurely extend Powell´s contract to save face. It jokingly became known as the Powell trade.
- Traded down five spots to save 300k in salary capspace for Dwight Howard´s free agency chase. Dwight Howard didn´t want to come here and the 300k wouldn´t have been enough without trading Marion anyway. We ended up with Shane Larkin instead of Giannis, Schroeder or Olynyk.
-Traded Justin Anderson and two converted second round picks for Nerleans Noel. Carlisle immediately benched the new acquisition in favour of I believe 35 year old Sleepy Sammy Dalembert. After a failed 70M contract extension (Noel declined), Carlisle told Noel via an live interview on media day that he would not be the starting center on opening day. Can´t remember which veteran was starting instead, but Carlisle continued to embarrass Noel until his eventual departure and rise to starting center on the 2nd best regular season defense in 2021.
- Drafted 27 year old war veteran Bernard Sarge James with the 33rd pick, because it was a nice publicity stunt. The next two picks were Draymond Green and Khris Middleton.
-Drafted a player from Qatar in the 2nd round pick, because that player would have no ambition to play in the NBA and therefore not bother Cuban/Carlisle.
- Drafted Satnam Singh from India, because he was filming a documentary about his journey from the Slums to semi-professional basketball in Asia. Most likely the worst player ever drafted in NBA history.
- Offered DAJ a contract and guaranteed Wes Matthews (coming off a torn Achilles) a pay-raise, if DAJ didn´t agree to the contract.
---> DAJ agreed, then went back on his word. Cuban then decided to pay Matthews the additional money, although he was already overpaying and bidding against himself with the first offer.
--> Later signed DAJ on a one year deal anyway, because Cuban has no pride. Cuban celebrated a massive coup, cause it was announced pre official free agency. That was the year Cuban finally discovered the existence of pre free-agency tampering.
---> The same summer Cuban could have signed Nurkic, Randle and Brook Lopez for the same money that washed-up DAJ cost alone.
- Signed known party animal Chandler Parsons and celebrated the signing in a night club. Parsons´ body was on the verge of a full Porzingis breakdown at that point already.
- Decided that a winning culture was more important than a top pick, so in the Tatum/Fox/Ball/Isaac/Markkanen draft year, the Mavs went from last place in January!!!! all the way up to the 8th draft pick and DSJ.
- Still on the winning culture the Mavs fell to #5 in the draft order the following year, so instead of simply picking Luka outright, they had to send a future 1st round pick to Atlanta (#9 pick next year)
And that´s just everything I can remember. There is probably a lot more shit.
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