TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[JamesConway912]

I hope I'm wrong, and there's something big coming, but what I expect at this point:

--some type of trade involving either Powell or Bertans, possibly using Green as a sweetener of some type, that either removes their salary completely or drastically reduces it in order to get under the tax. I think the best possible version of this trade could bring back a wing or forward they believe they can play, but it probably won't be a player people here will be excited about. 

--a Dragic signing, possibly for much more salary than we're expecting, to the point where people here are surprised and don't see it as a positive.

--a small signing (like McGee, but not him, necessarily) as a backup big. They will give multiple years, just like WCS, and people won't like that, probably. 

--go to war with our boys in blue

I think we're all going to see soon that the best outcome for this off season, by far, would've been re-signing Brunson.

I'm just gonna say it: it stinks to read stuff like this from you. We need some optimists around here, it can't be an all-grumpy pitchfork-crowd with too many negative nancies like myself and others (Mavs2012). There's a decent chance your outlook becomes reality BUT - as disappointing as it might be - we've been through shittier times with the Mavs over the last decade. Luka is still around and as long as he is the team will be in the playoff mix and fun to watch. Maybe he's even as loyal as Dirk and just takes the good with the bad when it comes to the organization. We'll see, nothing is fundamentally lost at this point, heck they might even be able to bring Cuban to light and just pay up to keep Brunson.

Seriously, whenever one of the few remaining long-term "good" guys around here like you/fif/tamm turn negative it feels really wrong and not fun anymore.

So for once, I'm gonna do my best, dig real deep and try some sunshine pumping over the next 12 hours. 

Mo Bamba to the Mavs? Hell yeah. Dipo? Gimme' some. Dragic > Burke. Hell, even Dinwiddie will be another year removed from the ACL injury.

To finish it all off here is a new pic of skinny Luka:

https://twitter.com/ale_rossi87/status/1...55552?s=20&t=GlhrlMY2aVs7meYFRg-LHw