TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[KillerLeft]

At the end of the day, with or without Brunson, this team will go far because it has Luka Doncic on it and that's all that matters.

I'm with you on the above, but believe you are vastly underselling what Brunson has done for this team during the last two seasons (this one even an improvement over the previous one). I mean, think of all the posts from @"Kammrath" pointing out that it was actually Brunson who was responsible for much of the success during the first third of the season when Luka wasn't actually playing efficiently. 

We spend so much time here moaning about how Luka needs more help. Well, here's a guy the organization drafted and developed who loves Luka and has an important role here. He has been so successful that multiple teams considered making him their primary target in FA. If he walks, the team will have neither the cap room nor the trade assets to acquire a replacement for him, so they'd actually be forced to try do more with less talent, rather than getting closer to the larger pile of talent much of this board thinks they need. 

I'm sorry, but that's not great. We can spin it all we want, but this is the kind of deal that needs to get done if the Mavs are going to be a great team anytime soon. We've been waiting for a reason to believe in Cuban/Harrison/Finley for a while now. I really liked what they did this year, and I believe it was directly responsible, along with Kidd's fine job, for what we saw and what most of us enjoyed on the court. But if they blow this...

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