11-27-2021, 01:07 AM
(11-26-2021, 01:54 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: How can you ignore JB's last stated desire that he wants to run his own team? There has been nothing else said about it since then, so we cannot assume anything is different. Even if he gets a big contract and starting spot offer from here, that does not alleviate the fact that Luka runs this team.
IF we cannot reconcile that desire in HIS mind (not yours or what you think should be enough), what do you think happens? If he leaves without any bit of compensation (or a bit of compensation from a SnT) how would you react?
I'll welcome correction if someone has an actual cite, but I am fairly certain JB has never made a public statement that he wants to run his own team. Plenty of talking heads (some of whom, e.g., Devin Harris, may have legitimate inside knowledge) have said that that they think that is his goal/desire, but I don't recall a single one that has stated it as a fact they got "from the horse's mouth" so to speak as opposed to an inference they themselves are making. And they've certainly never gotten into the weeds of his priorities--that is, its entirely understandable that JB would *like* to run his own team, but is it so important to him that he'd sacrifice large amounts of money or go to a bad team (a la Jerami Grant) to get it done as opposed to playing on a perennial playoff team with a generational superstar that he clearly has good chemistry with?
(Also not saying I know he wants to stay in Dallas. And certainly if the Mavs front office, which can speak directly to Jalen and his brain trust about what he wants vs what they can provide, doesn't feel very comfortable that they can retain him then they need to move on--and if he does walk this summer for nothing that will be a major knock against the idea that Nico is supposed to be good at player relations. But I do find the recurring certainty among fans that they know which way Jalen will jump to be unsustainable on the available evidence).