TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[Mavs2021]

I think our real difference is not on Kyrie but on how desperate the Mavs are. We can’t even get a home grown 2nd round pick to sign with us, we are so sad. We have missed on so many players we’ve wanted at this point. We are not a destination and i don’t think players like Cuban. What would it be like if we never got a real player and Luka demands a trade in his last year? I would end my 25 years of Mavs fandom. This should be a bigger deal to Cuban than anything Kyrie could possibly do

Please.

Julius Randle wanted to be a Maverick.
Lauri Markkanen wanted to be a Maverick.
Jalen Brunson wanted to be a Maverick, and save me the Cuban BS propaganda of this being an inevitable outcome.

Facts are that if Mark Cuban wasn´t an utter moron, four of the 14 best players in the NBA right now, based on total WS this season, would be Mavericks AND ALL FOUR would be on value contracts.

This has nothing to do with nobody wants to sign here. Mark Cuban thought the combination of Dwight Powell, Maxi Kleber and THJ was better than Lauri Markkanen and Julius Randle. He didn´t recognize the talent of Brunson. That´s the reason, we are where we are. Not that nobody wants to sign here.

All the guys he actually wanted to sign, sucked within 12-18 months of his failed attempts: Hassan Whiteside, Kyle Lowry, Deron Williams, Dwight Howard.

And the guys he succesfully did sign like DeAndre Jordan, Chandler Parsons and Wes Matthews didn´t even need that long.

Facts are the Mavs/Cuban can´t recognize talent and evaluate for sh*t. I don´t see a single franchise that would be worse than us right now, if they had drafted Luka.

Sorry for ranting, but I´m sick and tired of this excuse.