Change has to come from Cuban

[michaeltex]

And as a final word - losing Brunson was the ultimate sign for me, that Mavs are not capable of building a contender. If you allow yourself to get to a situation where the only option is to pay the guy, you do it. Unless money is more important than winning.

While I agree that it will likely cost Cuban to get the final pieces of a championship contender, equating Brunson's walking to an MBT failure is a red herring.


Brunson had established himself as a good backup, then co-starter to Luka during the regular season, where he was considered trade bait early on. He was basically JAG until the opening playoff series against UTA where he had 3 excellent games against a defense that apparently couldn't stop anyone. Failure to sign a mid-season contract followed by his father getting the Knicks spot combined with the spurt of success in the playoffs and all of a sudden he's a near-max starting-caliber NBA point guard who is now too good to listen to Cuban's offer? He wanted a starting spot away from Luka's spotlight so he ran to the comfort zone of NYK's and protection of his fathers buddies. Good luck to him, but letting JB walk isn't what's wrong with DAL. It may even be positive in the longer run.