DRAFT: #18 [Green] & #31 [Terry] & trade for #36 [Tyler Bey]

[KillerLeft]

there is nothing that says we are using him

The Mavs and Donnie have "used" Fish for decades. That isn't a bad thing. He gets real information, but he gets the info THEY want out and are not trying to hide. It's just how it works, nothing personal.

FOR SURE. 

There are two mouthpieces through whom the Mavs communicate publicly. When they want something to be taken seriously or they're giving us something REAL, they go through Marc Stein. Definitely not Cato (so far) or McMahon (ever - I think they hate him). When it's false, deceptive BS, or when there's ANY amount of that mixed in, they give it to Fish. That's his role in the machine, from THEIR perspective.

That's not to say that nothing he writes is true, or nothing he writes is of value. But, he depends on the access to info they give him. He's not a guy with sources all over the NBA community, like Stein or those other guys. In that situation, he has no choice but to run anything they give him out there for us to consume. Getting "used" a little is part of that business model, and almost every team has someone like that. 

Go follow "NetsDaily" on Twitter for a week and tell me he's not "New Jersey Fish." That's just one example.

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I hope it's clear from the above that I don't mean this as a harsh criticism of Fish. He has made a career out of the situation, which I think is pretty cool. And, I 100% promise you that he's aware of his role in the "circle of Mavs life"...I'm not suggesting he's a hapless accomplice. 

I think part of the reason he has shifted more to the Cowboys side of things is that his role in that universe is significantly different.