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Pretty fair penalty.  The Mavs were too public about doing the same thing other teams do and everyone knows happens especially toward of the end of NBA seasons.  It's simply a don't ask don't tell policy for dealing with something that basically has no perfect solution. 

Some might want a stiffer penalty, but the Mavs actually deserve some credit for playing hard to win almost to the end of the season when they really could have played for significantly higher pick by tanking earlier.  Fans can blame or thank the Mavs star players for the way the draft odds landed.  
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And that’s why you don’t let the players make management decisions. Is Luka gonna start recruiting now too? No. He’ll say they can make those decisions and it’s not his job. He was injured pretty badly from Feb til the end of the season. Perfect reason to shut him down.