(04-19-2024, 09:29 AM)fifteenth Wrote: Good for JB! I can't say that I thought he'd be top 10, but he made it clear in the playoffs with the Mavs that he would be really, really good. But he really wanted his own team. And it seems like it took the 2023 season for the Mavs to figure out that it would be good to have a little big Luka next to The big Luka.
I don't think Brunson wanted to stay under Luka shadow and it was clear that he was better as the primary ball handler than off ball next to Luka. The real mistake on the Mavs side was to not max extend him when they (supposedly) had the chance. He would have been a significant asset (although he never would have reached the value he has now). In that scenario we maybe come out of it with Quickley, Grimes and our first back instead of watching him walk for nothing.
Who knows, maybe in that scenario we are the ones that end up trading for OG.
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