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

[Scott41theMavs]

Even Skin readily admitted that the Mavs took the risk of trying to trade JB and they failed in getting a deal they thought they could get. It backfired and here we are.

But I think you can recognize that fact while also believing that they do have a back-up plan that they like very much (which Skin also said). 

Let's see if they can execute said back-up plan. 

And since you sort of accused me of being a flip-flopper, let me go on the record that even though I think they CAN go into the season with the roster as is, that I will in fact be in the camp that believes they "failed" this summer if there is no trade that happens before training camp. I think they still will have a chance to recover/improve the roster at the TDL (so hope will not all be lost), but without a trade before training camp I will be in the camp that believes the summer itself was ultimately a failure.

I think there are three different and distinct possibilities here - 
1) The Mavs already have a trade lined up but have to wait on eventualities from other teams to complete it.
2) The Mavs recognize their need to do a trade, if not more than one, and are working on it.
3) The Mavs think they're fine as they are.

Thing is, if it's 1), I think there's a strong possibility that it falls through, because Mavs gonna Kangz. If it's 2), I'll bet good money that they'll search high and low, not realizing how little value their "assets" have, and fail to make a trade. And if I'm right on both of those, we'll hear that it was always 3), with the FO completely blind to how bad that looks to informed fans.