FA: JaVale McGee 3yrs/$17.2M to DAL | will indeed start at center

[dirkfansince1998]

Who is making false narratives? No one exactly knows what happened with JB, but we can look back at the data:

1) Under Donnie who was well connected to his family, JB was not signed to be a RFA in his last season.

2) Donnie leaves DAL in a cloud of dysfunction and conflict.

3) JB has a really poor playoff showing in RC's last year.

4) Nico comes in and does not sign JB to an extension.

5) JB starts the year playing very well. 

6) Nico tries to trade JB at the deadline (whispers being that everyone knows he is going to NYK).

7) Nico tries to sign JB to an extension after the TDL, but JB refuses to sign. 

8) On April 16, Rick Brunson says JB is going to re-sign in DAL.

9) In the first three games against UTA, JB puts up 30+ points and Mavs take a 2-1 lead.

10) On April 25, Rick Brunson goes to MacMahon and creates a whole narrative on how the Mavs have mistreated/undervalued his son. RB claims that DAL would not offer an extension in January (a fact that has not be corroborated by anyone else, a seemingly fictitious creation)

11) Less than six weeks later (early June), Rick Brunson is hired as assistant coach to NYK. 

12) On draft night (June 23), NYK makes VERY costly moves to get cap space.

13) News begins to leak that JB is heading to NYK and NYK is certain of that.

14) News leaks that NYK, DAL, and MIA will all get to pitch JB. MIA knows nothing about such a meeting.

15) DAL is refused to meet with JB. DAL is never allowed to make any contract offer to JB.

16) News leaks that NYK deal is done, exact money is known.

17) Woj then claims that DAL has given JB an offer (DAL adamantly refuses this) and JB is going to meet with NYK AFTER free agency starts.

18) Woj then says that JB is signing with NYK (for the exact numbers reported by Shams and others a day before).


False narratives? That would be Brunson's camp.

The good old I only accept things from McMahon reports that fit my narrative...

Are the Mavs hiring? Maybe you should try your luck in the Mavs PR department. Throwing shades at anyone that doesn´t belong to the current regime. Deflecting any blame.

By the way the false narrative stuff was about the stuff that happens on this board. When people that celebrated Brunson suddenly go out of their way to criticize his performance. When people that wanted to sign him to a contract in the 25 per year range or even more suddenly change their mind and argue that he isn´t worth as much. As far as I know the available information didn´t change. No extra game was played. Only thing that changed was him joining the Knicks.
As I already said. One option would be self reflecting and figuring out why things ended like this. The other option that seems to be really popular is deflecting blame and being a sore loser.