TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[Kammrath]

I don't want to call people out, and I'm not talking about you. Anyone who knows you knows that you're going to find a way to see this in a positive light. It's predictable and part of who you are, and therefore somehow less annoying. Plus, you've been one of the last to jump on the Brunson bandwagon, maintaining until very recently that you didn't think he was a fit. I think that's incorrect, but I can respect your conviction on it. 

But there have already been a couple of posts intimating that this won't be so bad, and yes, it will be so bad. This isn't a death sentence for the team, because Luka and DFS won't let them be bad, but man...to imagine the Mavs first not using the cap space of the past few seasons to collect as much talent as we hoped, and now (maybe) losing one of the most significant pieces they have found with no means of replacing him for the next several years? 

That kind of (potential) setback merits a little grief, and I hope people are allowed to deal with it for a day or so.

I still don't believe it's going to happen. I just can't.

Cool. Understand where you are coming from now, appreciate the elaboration.

I support grief, it is important in the human experience. But falling into the trap of endless negativity is toxic and that's what I try to resist (and I hope this board never becomes that, like the rest of the internet).

It will SUCK if JB walks for nothing. But adversity makes greatness. It will be fascinating to see how Luka responds, to see how other players respond and step into the void. It will be fascinating to see how Nico rallies and creatively approaches the team building in its wake. I for one find sports to be a wonderful thing to follow because of the adversity and the failure. 2011 wouldn't have been special in the way it was without 2003, without Nash walking, without 2006, without 2007, etc. Mavs may have only one championship but it is so much sweeter in some ways because the road there was so winding.