Was the mavs starting Lee tonight some kind of justification for him not being traded? Are they really trying that hard to save face by acting like he deserves to start? They did the same bs when Rondo fucked us over. They signed dwight to that absurd contract to make it seem like we still won that trade, no offense to dwight who I think is a very good player for his role; even before the injur it was a bad contract. Next Cuban or whoever decides to tell the press that we were so close to getting Green, as if that excuses our failure to build a contender This year. Nobody cares what we were close to doing, it is irrelevant. All it is, once again, is the Mavs trying to save face for their mistakes. They need to own up for their mistakes and learn from them, not try to act like they are perfect and its just bad luck causing the team to not be where it needs to be.
Moreover, we are not a loyal organization, idk why we feel the need to pretend we are by letting that interfere with contracts and real matters. Look what we did to Tyson and Devin, to the 2011 championship team, that is not what a loyal franchise does. We didn’t even give them a chance to run it back. Theres nothing wrong with making the right business decision, but be real and tell it how it is. Right now the only player that truly deserves our loyalty is Luka And to a lesser degree KP. And if we don’t show him loyalty by surrounding him with a contender, he will definitely leave. Luka will not care how “close” we were to signing Giannis or whichever pipe dream FA, its all the same stale excuses we hear every single year. And I promise you if he leaves, the Mavs will make some bs excuse and deflect the blame like always, and so will a lot of you that idolize our meh FO
Create a contender, show your superstars and other superstars that you want to win, and they will be loyal to you and talent will be drawn to you naturally. Dirk was a fluke, it is extremely rare to have a player so loyal that he puts up with a mediocre FO like ours, his entire career. A FO that only really gave him a contender 2 years out of his 21 year career, thats how loyal of a franchise we were to Dirk (arguably the most loyal player ever who even took MASSIVE paycuts to help our incompetent FO). Luka is not Dirk, and he shouldn’t be if we don’t earn his loyalty.
By not bringing in help or utilizing our chips to get some sort of asset, the FO is telling the players on this team who worked so hard to achieve the BEST OFFENSE IN BASKETBALL HISTORY, that the FO is taking that for granted and does not believe in them, instead of going into the playoffs seriously.
I’m sure Luka is happy af about having to throw another season despite playing MVP caliber basketball and running the best offense of all time, while the teams we should be competing with are all making upgrades and acquisitions for the playoffs
Moreover, we are not a loyal organization, idk why we feel the need to pretend we are by letting that interfere with contracts and real matters. Look what we did to Tyson and Devin, to the 2011 championship team, that is not what a loyal franchise does. We didn’t even give them a chance to run it back. Theres nothing wrong with making the right business decision, but be real and tell it how it is. Right now the only player that truly deserves our loyalty is Luka And to a lesser degree KP. And if we don’t show him loyalty by surrounding him with a contender, he will definitely leave. Luka will not care how “close” we were to signing Giannis or whichever pipe dream FA, its all the same stale excuses we hear every single year. And I promise you if he leaves, the Mavs will make some bs excuse and deflect the blame like always, and so will a lot of you that idolize our meh FO
Create a contender, show your superstars and other superstars that you want to win, and they will be loyal to you and talent will be drawn to you naturally. Dirk was a fluke, it is extremely rare to have a player so loyal that he puts up with a mediocre FO like ours, his entire career. A FO that only really gave him a contender 2 years out of his 21 year career, thats how loyal of a franchise we were to Dirk (arguably the most loyal player ever who even took MASSIVE paycuts to help our incompetent FO). Luka is not Dirk, and he shouldn’t be if we don’t earn his loyalty.
By not bringing in help or utilizing our chips to get some sort of asset, the FO is telling the players on this team who worked so hard to achieve the BEST OFFENSE IN BASKETBALL HISTORY, that the FO is taking that for granted and does not believe in them, instead of going into the playoffs seriously.
I’m sure Luka is happy af about having to throw another season despite playing MVP caliber basketball and running the best offense of all time, while the teams we should be competing with are all making upgrades and acquisitions for the playoffs