TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[mvossman]

His daughter lives in Dallas and her mother is from here. That was apparently the reason why we were on his short list this summer. His idol growing up was Kidd. Nico has a long relationship with the family. These were the exact scenarios both Nico/Kidd were brought in for. To fill the relationship void we had with Mark/Donnie/Rick. In theory, this was the type of gamble we were always looking for

If nobody offers 4 and he won’t accept 2 years, then we would get his best effort rest of season. That would need to be the value placed on what we pay. Can’t pay more than 1 year rental price. And if need be we let him walk and move on easily

BUT, if by chance things went right….this has the chance to open our window immediately. 4/200 would be considered if we won the West this year

I was very disappointed with the Nico hire because it was a clear sign that Cuban is still calling the shots and given that Nico and Kidd were clearly brought for their relationships meant that plan powder was still in play.  I became more disappointed when our first offseason with Nico (and our last shot in free agency before Luka contract) netted Bullock as the big free agent get.  I find myself further disappointed to learn that one of these primary contacts is an anti-semitic sociopath.