06-28-2022, 11:40 PM
(06-28-2022, 11:36 PM)cow Wrote: Good players can have bad contracts. JB and Luka together presents problems. They are both gifted offensive point guards who struggle on the defensive end. If JB leaves, that dynamic is going to be a big part of why he's going. If you think JB a true #2, give him the $30M. I don't have any ill will towards anyone with that mindset. If he MBT don't think he's a true #2, they can't pay him that large of a contract as if that tandem doesn't get the team where it wants to go. Punting assets down the road is what got the team in this mess in the first place.
Did the Mavs fuck up with the Dwight Powell contract? Yes.
Did the Mavs fuck up with the KP trade? Yes.
Did the Mavs fuck up with THJ latest contract? Yes.
Did the Mavs fuck up with Jalen contract and extensions? Yes
Did they make 10,000 other mistakes along the way (WCS extension, Green Draft, Curry Trade, Wright Trade)? Yes
Do any of those fuckups matter now? No. You can't fix them. You just have to move forward.
Minimizing the impact of Jalen's unrestricted free agency is the best "worst" outcome we can shoot for now.
They're not minimizing anything, though. Losing Brunson for nothing does NOTHING to improve the team. This is a worse team than it was before, with no additional assets to improve it.
The only thing this helps is Mark Cuban's pocketbook.