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

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We lost an asset for nothing again.  These types of moves keep compounding and poor asset management has been a reason why this team was mired in mediocrity for a decade. 

The common thread is an owner who claims to be smarter than anyone else and a fan base that will keep making excuses for mgmt like many are doing today. So why expect any change?  Just don’t act surprised when Luka pulls a KD sooner than later and asks to be outta here.

I can't stand Cuban. So, I have none of that business. He does get too involved when he should just zip it and sign checks.

That said, I don't care about winning the offseason anymore. I used to buy the hype and get excited about the offseason but not anymore. I was seriously upset with the hire of Kidd and Nico but I was absolutely wrong about them. Nico came in and moved on from KP which was a huge mistake from the beginning.

Kidd has this team playing some hard nosed D and buying in. They have shown Luka that they aren't going to be stagnant. Moving on from Donnie and Rick proved that. Luka is fully buying into Kidd and this team. I'm not worried about that.

I also believe that the Euro guys tend to be more loyal to teams than American players are. Look at Giannis and Dirk.

Nico has also gone out and got Wood (who I think will prove to be a huge move) and now McGee. He went and got Dinwiddie/Bertans moving KP. That proved to be a very good trade. Kidd got them not only out of the first round but to the WCF.

I don't think the Mavs are a contender yet but they are making good moves. I am actually pleasantly surprised at them hitting a single here and there rather than ONLY going for a home run and striking out. We heard no big names this year. They were lean up front so they picked up Wood and McGee. Those are very good pickups.

No one questions that the Mavs not signing JB to a smaller deal or trading him when they could was a bad move. It looks like after not getting moved at the TDL Brunson was going to be gone no matter what. So be it. Good for him.

I seriously wonder if they couldn't move him at the TDL because of THJ being injured. We'll never know. But, if that's true a WCF appearance was worth it.

At the end of the day, I want to see these guys continue to grow. Kidd and Nico are growing in their roles and will hopefully continue to do so. I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt for now after what they have shown so far.