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

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I also think equal money from Dallas doesn’t get it done (and there are valid reasons to believe $26mm per was already too much for the FO to bid).  People are mad and I get that.  “Someone should have done something” is a common refrain when bad things happen.  If I’m going to pick something to criticize, it is that they didn’t get value at the TDL.  But, you can’t make people trade with you (especially for a UFA).  And if we had traded JB then, we might not have had the joy of three rounds of playoffs.

It's not about "someone should have done something", it's the fact that a competent front office wouldn't have put themselves in position to get no value from Jalen.  I'm fine with the MBT not wanting to invest big money into Jalen, I'm fully on board with that sentiment about him as a player but you also have to consider the market you are in and the competency of your front office.  Look at what the Spurs did with Murray.   They either realized that he wasn't the player they wanted in their core group or didn't fit the timing of their rebuild so they extracted value.  You can argue that there is value in the playoff run that Mavs had and that without Jalen, they wouldn't have enjoyed that success but I'd counter with that being shortsighted.  I'm not pinning this on Nico either as most of the damage was already done but the primary reason we hired him has yet to bear fruit.  

I say that with no anger.  I'd be angry if I expected anything different but I'm resigned to having a sub par owner and front office that doesn't maximize the potential of a generational player.  I do think it is rather foolish to believe Luka is going to have the same loyalty as Dirk.  Being a Euro might buy you some time, but not all of his time.