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

[khaled1987]

And had KP of walked, you would have spent those assets for nothing.  KP wanted out of New York but I'd guess Dallas was pretty far down the list of places he wanted to end up.   Maybe they could have written injury protections into the contract to go along with that fifth year, but the Mavs really couldn't afford to have any doubt in KP's mind about signing here.

KP didn't control where he goes since he was RFA. That wasn't the worry, even if signed an offer sheet we would have matched, and remember other teams could only offer him 4 years. 
I think main fear was KP agreeing a short contract with another team and forcing us to match, basically 3+1 and then he could have forced his way out after 2 years (i.e before contract year) as many stars do.
We just wanted a commitment from both sides and truly believed in him and went all in. 
Had KP met expectations,  that strategy won't be bad tbh