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

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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.

Nico's job is even more difficult because of how bare the cupboards are and it's going to take time to dig out of this hole.  At least after next year Powell will be off the books and hopefully our last owed first conveys leaving us only with the Bertans albatross.

I loved the Wood deal as you turned four non-rotational guys into a good rotational guy for the price of a late FRP.  I still don't like the KP deal but mostly because of the second and how long Bertans contract is.  Dinwiddie insurance is going to pay dividends though.