(06-30-2022, 11:10 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: No, but it sure is his fault that he put the team in a position to desperately need JB to re-sign and not get it done. It's his fault he wasn't successful in either A) persuading the kid to stay here, where he was successful or B) getting something for him at some earlier point before this dead end of a disaster.
You can make excuses for him if you want, I'm not saying that makes you a bad person. But the harassment scandals, the front office toxicity, the fact that he's there, coursed, sniffing jocks...it's just not working. It's embarrassing, imo. Even if we limit the scope only to what has happened in the roster shaping business, it has been one embarrassing failure after another. Do you never get fed up with it?
You cannot force someone to stay who doesn't want to. And speculation I have seen is that the Mavs couldn't trade him this past year because everyone knew he was going to NYK.
I do get fed up with the Mavs management mistakes. But I do not think all of them fall on Cuban and IMO most of the last decade falls to the feet of Donnie as much if not more.
I think this JB episode is not the Mavs fault. After the playoffs last year I would not have extended JB at his max extension. And do not believe Rick Brunson at ALL, I think he lied about the whole contract situation when he ran to MacMahon on April 25.
Yes, give blame where it is due and where the evidence confirms. But blaming just because we feel the need to have a scapegoat is not cool.