(08-01-2021, 02:20 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: It would be a "miss" if that was what the team was trying to accomplish. And, no matter how you will convince yourself it isn't, it seems pretty clear that it is what they were hoping for.
Cool to be happy about them failing - I can understand that. But, good or bad from our individual POV's, this would represent the Mavs getting beaten in free agency again, and that will absolutely be the narrative.
I just don't think Nico will be concerned about public and media narratives.
The reason I suggest the "smokescreen" and the "agent favor" as possibilities for Nico's approach is not as a "conspiracy" but as a LEGIT tactic to navigate the market.
What better way to position yourself in free agency than to have the other teams over spend on THEIR players. Hyping the players you DON'T want is a REALLY good way to help the market be favorable to you.
I genuinely think this COULD be a way that Nico is operating. I have no idea and am only guessing, but I wouldn't be surprised to see the Mavs sign the players they have NOT been connected to and "lose out" on all the players they were connected to: Lowry, DeRozan, Dinwiddie, Oubre, etc.
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