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

[hakeemfaan]

I feel ya. Don't get me wrong. I seriously do not like Cuban and if he doesn't get out of the way it doesn't matter who they bring in. The result will be the same. However, the KP trade gave me a lot of hope. In the past Cuban would have stuck with KP not wanting to admit it was a mistake.

That's exactly why I said they got my attention trading KP for what they did. They traded KP for sensible pieces that were good fits. That's different than the moves we've seen in the past. Before, Cuban wouldn't have let KP go without a superstar (or at the very least a big "name") coming back. Either that or he lets a guy walk for nothing because of an injury history like Nash. Bertans and Dinwiddie was a sensible move for just good role players.

The KP trade and the progress made on the court are what I'm hanging my hat on right now saying let's be patient. If it wasn't for that then I would 100% agree with you that its just the Mavs doing Mav things.

They got two bad contracts that a team was trying to dump and threw in a 2nd round pick as well. IMO it was more about getting rid of KP and finding whichever team but first than about fit. Not evaluating a player they had all along or at least a year in Kidd and Nico’s case to lock him up in Feb doesn’t bode well. 

I have nothing against Nico but I felt from the beginning that hiring someone who primarily worked with stars when it came to shoe deals is different from someone who identified talent early on in the process. Nothing I read about Nico suggests that he was engaged in the latter. I am not down on him. I am not highly optimistic either. It’s a wait and see for me.