BRUNSON BURNER: to NYK for 4yrs/$104M (no SnT) | NYK docked 2025 2nd for tampering

[Razzmatazz_Hopskidillydoo]

At the time of my post, and this one, they are worse. Period.

And some are okay with that - for some strange reason.

I would have been ok if the Mavs offered 125/5 and JB still refused. But from the reports we're receiving the Mavs low-balled JB. I'm not a big JB fan, but I can see now that the Mavs need a scoring, playmaking PG other than Luka and Din, so I was hoping the Mavs can keep JB although he isn't the ideal fit with Luka. Losing JB stings, but it stings most because the Mavs lost an asset they could have used in a trade.

But for the team getting worse? Not sure about it. Replace JB with Wood against Utah and Wood probably would have been scoring in the 30s without Luka. And I would think Wood could have made a better impact than JB against the Warriors.

As the team stands right now with Wood and Hardy coming in, and JB, Burke, Chris, Bobi and Sterling outgoing -- IMho, the Mavs aren't losing a step. They will be just a different team with a decrease in fire power at 1 and 2, but with a massive improvement in the 4 and 5.