(07-01-2022, 04:03 AM)Jommybone Wrote: Not much to be gained from criticizing each other or from defending previous posts. I’m sure many of mine are plain old dumb. But while we’re on the topic, let me add this:
1. Jalen is a baller. I think he will prove himself worth his contract. He’s been better every year, and was one of this year’s best in the playoffs, where he outplayed All Star Donovan Mitchell and Hall of Famer Chris Paul.
2. The Mavs were in a position where the marginal cost of paying Jalen all the way up to the max would affect nothing but Cuban’s bank account. Letting him get away hurts the team in a way that is irreparable.
3. Only way this isn’t a total fail of embarrassing proportions is if they rescue a major sign-and-trade asset out of it like the Warriors did upon KD’s departure.
It is hard to read this and keep my temper. You are underrating Jalen horribly, in my opinion.
If your response is emotional rather than logical and objective, then maybe you need to take a breath and reframe your perspective. Happy to be proven wrong with an analytical response for why Brunson is this star player everyone seems to value him as, but an emotional response is a waste of time. Anecdotal evidence like he outplayed blah blah in tiny sample size of games isn't an answer. Marquis Daniels looked great in a small sample size of playoff games once upon a time too (and no Im not saying Brunson is a Daniels level player either, but he's sure as hell closer to Daniels than he is Chris Paul).