TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[DanSchwartzgan]

Wait you mean that big trade that Skin and others were so sure was coming isn't happening after all? Shocking really. Truth is we've been spinning our wheels since the Porzingis trade. It's the same every summer: we make some ok moves around the edges but nothing really franchise altering, and then in order to keep the fans interested, the Mavs PR team (Skin, et al) comes in and gases us up by proclaiming that the next big move is just over the horizon. We spend months discussing every move under the sun only for nothing to happen. Before you know it, the season is about to start. Rinse and repeat.

Unless someone comes along and wants to give us something for nothing, ie trade us a good player straight up for Powell or something, then this offseason is over. All those super fun, clever, and creative trades everyone comes up with on this board are pointless because they aren't happening. The Mavs don't do clever. They work around the margins and then hope our superstar bails us out yet again.

I guess if one looks hard enough, they can find a reason to gripe in just about anything.  To me, his words couldn't be more qualified..."majority" of "consequential" talks have come to a "momentary lull" (not stop).  Executives "aren't expecting" any "blockbuster" trade "any time soon".  Then he goes on to explain a possible exception to counter all he just said.

Did he explain why Detroit is making Kevin Knox wait to sign his deal?  Or, why Harden has "agreed" to a number, but not signed it yet (you know, in case Philly isn't able to pull off the deal they are trying to make...then he could get more).  Could any of this have to do with the fact that half of the rosters of Utah and Detroit can't be aggregated right now?  Could any of this have to do with the fact that Utah and Brooklyn are playing chicken with teams looking at their star players who want out?  

No, it is all about Dallas and the incompetence of their front office.  It is the fault of a broadcaster who is part of a deep-state conspiracy to pump sunshine and get our hopes up (you know, the same broadcaster who acknowledged out loud his ties to the team and then went on to level some criticisms of the team anyway).  

With all this incompetence, we still managed to somehow go three rounds deep in the playoffs.  That's not nothing.  Personally, I like super fun, clever and creative.  Those are words with positive vibes, but I'm more of a Tigger than an Eeyore.  If the sky is always falling, why don't I get hit in the head with falling debris more often.