TRADE: Dinwiddie + Bertans to DAL | KP + 2nd to WAS

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Listened to the first part of the BS podcast, discussing the KP trades. Haralabob was the guest. If this has already been summarized elsewhere, disregard. 


First, Bill and Bob discussed the recent trade of KP to Washington. 

Bob thinks the Mavs wanted to keep DFS and offer Brunson a contract in free agency, and having KP’s huge contract on the books made that difficult. Now, they are in a position to decide in the summer whether they want to keep Dinwiddie or re-sign Brunson. Bob thinks that is a measured approach, in contrast to the past, where they tried to impulsively make things happen, quickly cobbling together a team without much thought for what it was going to look like several years down the road.

Bob does not think the Bertans contract is a bad one, especially if he can get back to his career shooting percentages. That could well happen. He has had only one bad season, and when your only job is to take three-point shots, there is going to be massive variance over time. 

What has not been talked about enough is that KP has been compromised physically for a number of years. He has had very bad injury luck, and he wasn’t a good running mate for Luka.


Then, Bill and Bob proceeded to discuss the initial trade of KP from the Knicks to Dallas. Bill “takes the loss” on it. He was enthusiastic about it when it happened. But what he failed to appreciate was that KP never fully recovered from his knee injury. Bill has become more sensitive now to the durability risks accompanying extremely tall players. The other thing is that the league has changed since that trade was made, and most centers can now be played off the floor. Does not fault the Mavs for failing to foresee that development coming. 

Bob was surprised when the trade happened at the ASB of Luka’s rookie year, but said KP was high on his list of RFAs to pursue in the summer, and he wasn’t disappointed to find out the trade had happened. The thing he disagreed with was giving KP a five-year, fully guaranteed contract on his re-signing. At the time, they still didn’t know what they had with Luka, and it was early to try to partner him up long term. He appreciates that ownership wanted to show KP some love, but Bob thinks that giving the extra year to a guy who had a bad injury history, was on a gigantic salary, and didn’t clearly fit with Luka was a poor decision.  

Both guys agree that the Mavs are playing well now. 

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