TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[Branduil]

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.

Sometimes adversity just kills you though. See the post-2011 years