(07-05-2021, 10:40 PM)Mavs2021 Wrote: I´d pay to watch a 30 for 30 on the whole Redick/Melli trade unfolding. So much to pick apart there it is absolutely amazing. Who was driving this stupid trade? Cuban, Nelson, Carlisle, Bob? Did Nelson know he was getting fired and just FU trading? Did Cuban do it for the podcast rights of Redick? Why did San Antonio reject the trade for UFA Lyles? Did Melli already negotiate with Milano, at the time of the trade. Did they really think Redick could be an on-court contributor? In a way it was a worthy ending to this dysfunctional mess.
It's fairly obvious that Melli was simply salary matching. They scrambled to find a replacement when the Spurs backed out.
I'm confused on why this trade is considered such a big deal/failure? The only asset they lost was a late second round pick. Are we going to make a big deal about that? They obviously tried to get more value out of Johnson, but struck out on all other options. If he had gotten healthy, Redick would have been a help to a bench unit that was getting killed regularly. Ideally they could have gotten more out of Johnson, but I prefer the shot they took to doing nothing.