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

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You're not hearing me. 

Of course someone "would take" him. I have no doubt that they tried to trade him, but didn't get it done. Probably didn't like the deals on the table, fine. 

But this is PRO SPORTS. The goal is to WIN. To win on the court, you need to win on the phones, at the negotiation table, in the press, on the talking head shows, in the advertising world, selling suites at the arena, etc, etc, etc. 

I DO NOT CARE about the excuses that led us to this place. I only care that being at this place, here and now, is damaging to the team's competitive prospects in the near future and might have effects on the team that last much longer than we can now imagine. 

The Mavs need a front office that doesn't TRY. They need to start SUCCEEDING. Maybe you're right, and maybe it's all in the process of improving. I honestly don't know the answer to that right now, and as you know, I liked a great of what they've done recently. I think that Porzingis deal was one of the more realistic, mature, business like decisions this franchise has ever made. But this Brunson thing SUCKS. It's not ok.

I totally get where you are coming from. I'm hoping that Nico is good at being a GM. The realistic part of it is that Nico has never done this before. He's going to make mistakes. Unfortunately, when you have a franchise altering star like Luka you don't have time to make mistakes and learn from it.

My biggest fear with Nico is that it's similar to Kidd when he started coaching in Brooklyn. I have no doubt at this point that Kidd is a great coach that will only get better. His last few years have shown that. However, he went through some really rough years early on. Are we going to get that from Nico for a few years before he becomes good? That's the only fear I have besides does Cuban actually let him do his job. Only time will tell.