02-14-2022, 03:40 PM
(02-14-2022, 03:23 PM)mvossman Wrote: This is not a time to celebrate. It is a time for morning. The KP experiment failed miserably, and the new experiment has way less hope for success.
I've said this a few times, but I mourned this over a year ago. I (thought I) knew then that it would end with something like this. Anyone here will tell you I've been claiming the Mavs wouldn't get much, if anything in return for KP so this "rehab his value" stuff was just wheel spinning. Ironically, I might've been wrong. The value rehabbing might've been necessary just to get someone to agree to take the guy, setting the return aside completely.
I have been mourning for over a year. There have been times during that stretch when I thought I could see hope, but that was foolish. KP was a mistake. We all know it.
I'm celebrating (juuuust a little) today because I truly believe that the bad situation the Mavericks are in right now (it's pretty bad) can be more easily (and quickly) improved upon in the future than the one they were in before the trade. This has nothing to do with the new players, or their potential on-court contributions. I am fully expecting to be disappointed by that part. I am PREPARED.