(06-28-2022, 06:25 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I would agree in most situations, it's just particularly difficult to stomach coming off of a WCF with no real way of doing anything about the hole.
They're basically just going to let their second best player walk away and then try to sell us on the idea that they'll be better next season.
Spoiler alert: very unlikely.
It sucks. Like I said, I've come around a lot on JB. But may walk even if the Mavs have a better offer on the table. MBT really fucked up how they handled him and it's compounded by a ton of other errors along the way. It feels like we are never going to be free of the KP debacle.
I'm not saying the Mavs are the right organization for it, in fact Cuban is the direct opposite, but sometimes you need to take a step back to move forward. I'm sure we can money whip JB to stay (5yrs $150M) but I think he becomes a negative asset at that point. I know everyone wants to get better, but grossly overpaying your second best player because he's your second best player is probably foolish in the long run. It's why I didn't want to resign THJ. The thought was "what are you going to replace his production with?". Then we resigned him. Then he got hurt. And the team didn't miss a beat. And I'm not saying JB is the exact same, he'll certainly be missed but I think you can approximate what he brings to the table with lesser players. Can that MBT land those players? Great question.