07-12-2022, 08:54 PM
I'm not DS, but no, trading JB for that set (Kemba, Burks, Noel, FRP and two SRP) is not even close to a deal the Mavs could have ever done. At any point.
More important to understand, the Mavs DID explore what the REAL offers were, that were available, at the TDL. Apparently not enticing at all, not the wonderful treasures we assume were waiting. That's probably because with Brunson soon to be a FA, he was only a rental. But they did look and try.
Nor could they talk SNT in June, once the season was over. At that point, with him a FA-to-be, and theoretically not talking to either team, the two teams working together on a mutual outcome would have been collusion (could lower his market). And they couldn't bring his agent into it.
By the time we got to July when the offers could legally be made, and deals discussed, all those NY players were headed to DET.
More important to understand, the Mavs DID explore what the REAL offers were, that were available, at the TDL. Apparently not enticing at all, not the wonderful treasures we assume were waiting. That's probably because with Brunson soon to be a FA, he was only a rental. But they did look and try.
Nor could they talk SNT in June, once the season was over. At that point, with him a FA-to-be, and theoretically not talking to either team, the two teams working together on a mutual outcome would have been collusion (could lower his market). And they couldn't bring his agent into it.
By the time we got to July when the offers could legally be made, and deals discussed, all those NY players were headed to DET.
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