01-17-2023, 06:22 PM
(01-17-2023, 05:59 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: When it comes to big trade proposals I always come back to the same question. Are the Mavs at a point where I feel comfortable with an all in move? With no chance to recover if things don´t work out.
This is it right here. We need to take more account into the idea of "what does this look like if we're wrong". I actually applaud the fact that the front office is recognizing that they shouldn't be moving any future assets this deadline (at least that's what everyone is reporting from Cato to MacMahon) because I feel like it means that they learned from the mistakes they made on team Luka v1 where we did everything too fast and mortgaged too much draft capital to do it (the position we would be in if Cuban simply ate Bazemore's contract instead of giving up the 2019 FRP for Luka is night and day).
Also, just a small rant about the idea that if we don't make this team a contender this season or next that Luka will force his way out. Do people understand how insanely unprecedented that would be? We're all conditioned by social media to think that NBA players get upset and force themselves out of situations whenever they want and while there's a lot of movement, how many forced trades can you actually name? Better yet, how many with more than 2 years on their deal? Ben Simmons? The list of forced trades is basically James Harden twice and Anthony Davis and Ben Simmons if you really want to count that. If anything the KD situation showed us that there's still leverage when it comes to these big deals. If Luka hypothetically asked for a trade right now, do you honestly think Cuban would grant it for anything less than something insane like SGA and all of Presti's picks?
I'm not saying Luka is going to stay past this contract by any stretch of the imagination, but is there anything other than fans on twitter saying "He gone" that makes you think he's going to force a trade? Even MacMahon who LOVES to stir shit up always mentions there's no sign of that (the clock starts next year he likes to say). Luka isn't Dirk, there's a good chance he signs with another team if we don't show build a roster around him by the time his option comes around (or lets us know he's not going to resign so we move him in his last year), but there is absolutely nothing that we've seen to think that Luka is Harden either. We need to operate with his contract as our timetable to build something sustainable instead of doing something rash that totally ruins this franchise for a decade.
(@"dirkfansince1998" my rant wasn't aimed at you, I just needed to get that off my chest).