02-25-2021, 12:31 AM
@"SleepingHero" just wanted to say I appreciated your tea leaves reading effort, even if I don't necessarily buy it 100% at this point. I think you are asking the right questions though, trying to puzzle through where this originated and why.
Assuming the reporter is being honest and accurate, then it leaves these two options:
1) Rival execs are speaking to poison the well and being at least partially dishonest in the process.
2) Rival execs are just passing along accurate information (knowing it doesn't hurt them to do so) and the Mavs are flat out lying in order to keep a possible diva-situation with KP from blowing up in their faces.
It seems your position is #1...but I think #2 is also very possible.
Assuming the reporter is being honest and accurate, then it leaves these two options:
1) Rival execs are speaking to poison the well and being at least partially dishonest in the process.
2) Rival execs are just passing along accurate information (knowing it doesn't hurt them to do so) and the Mavs are flat out lying in order to keep a possible diva-situation with KP from blowing up in their faces.
It seems your position is #1...but I think #2 is also very possible.