2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[Tyler]

Mavs, don't mess with us if you don't mean it

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I'm here for the dream. But I totally agree that Dallas can't afford to sit on the sidelines while every FA (including Kawhi and THJ) signs elsewhere. We've already been burned once waiting on Kawhi, and we weren't even in the mix for him personally. We need a more strategic approach.

One thing that gives me hope is how players who go overboard with the grand tour for their first big free agency often tone it down for ones after that. I also wonder if a lot of the drama with the last Kawhi signing was just a stalling tactic for the Paul George trade. So I don't rule out the possibility of Nico and team succeeding where others have failed, especially if (unlike Donnie) he can work the back channel negotiations ahead of time to get a few other key players to join the party and make it a no-brainer. But it's going to be really hard to trust that process as a Mavs fan until it finally pays off for once.

But damn -- that powder does look really tempting.