2021 FREE AGENCY: Markkanen wants out of CHI | DAL "definitely interested"

[Jommybone]

This is the frustration.  Its not that Sterling Brown and Bullock are bad signings its that they should not be the first players signed.  Markkannen, Jackson, Oubre, Schroeder may not be perfect 3 and D guys but they are more talented and one of these guys should have been signed before going with players down the rotation. 

But the fact they are the leftovers seems to suggest the entire slate of NBA management disagrees with your assessment of these four guys. 

And if we’d waited for their price to get reasonable before inking Bullock and Brown, there’s little doubt those fellas would be gone.

Listen, I’m disappointed too. That seems to be what this time of year is all about. The anti-Christmas for Mavs fans. But the flip side is this:

Kawhi might be asking for a 1+1. (Pay me for a year of rehab and THEN I’ll decide whether to stay or leave.)

Lowry’s deal might make Kemba’s Boston deal look good. (You remember Kemba’s deal. The one that got Danny Ainge fired.)

Collins might have been matched by Atlanta at any price. (Leaving Fish to write about getting kicked in the Collins.)

Dragic might end up here for free instead of costing assets. (Seriously, what is Toronto’s alternative, unless the Heat offered them some kind of alternative compensation should they be unable to flip him to Dallas by Friday.)

Which all reduces, in my mind, to the ultimate question: Will the Lakers or Heat steal Luka from us at some point down the road? The answer is probably. They get everybody else. But hopefully it will be after Luka is old and gray like Malone and Melo. That’s what I’m holding out hope for.