09-12-2020, 02:38 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-12-2020, 02:41 PM by KillerLeft.)
(09-12-2020, 08:53 AM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: Smart was born and raised in Flower Mound (Dallas-Forth Worth). In 2018 his mother was battling cancer. She received treatment in a hospital in Dallas.
On top of it Smart was one of the last RFA to sign a contract. Initially Ainge wasn´t willing to pay him more than the MLE.
If the Mavs ever had the chance to sign a RFA it was Smart in 2018. Sadly they wasted the entire capspace on day one of free agency.
That's interesting, but doesn't change my point. Great role players don't help bad teams. You have to have Luka/KP or Tatum/Kemba/Brown (whatever) first. Draymond Green is amazing, too, but think about how sad GS just looked without access to the players Green is there to complement. In Dallas, at that time, the team was being built around 937 year old Dirk and dumber than a box of rocks Dennis Smith JR, no? Isn't that just another way of saying "we're not a playoff team?"
I doubt it would've been viewed as a fit by either side.