Mavs win first pick in NBA lottery

Vegas_Cowboy said:
You talk like Nico wasn't GM when Brunson and his father approached the Mavs twice telling the team they were ready to sign an extension and were turned away both times. Once before the season and once in Dec/Jan of that season. Nico was occupied by being "determined" to trade a 1st round pick for the mighty Christian Wood to notice that Brunson was walking out the door, which he did a month later. The same Christian Wood who had played for 7 different teams in 7 years.

Truth is that Nico Harrison was on thin ice over at Nike after botching a presentation to Steph Curry to re-sign him, which led Curry to sign with Under Armour and Nico was looking for an exit. He had zero NBA front office experience and the main reason (admittedly) Cuban hired him was due to his connections with players.

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Jalen was always gonna be with his dad and the Knicks. Eveyone knew it. They did not want him buried in Dallas behind Luka.
 
TheMarathonContinues said:
Jalen was always gonna be with his dad and the Knicks. Eveyone knew it. They did not want him buried in Dallas behind Luka.
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He wasn’t going to be buried behind Luka, he would have started next to Luka, but he would not have reached his full potential. He made the right choice for himself.
 
TheMarathonContinues said:
Jalen was always gonna be with his dad and the Knicks. Eveyone knew it. They did not want him buried in Dallas behind Luka.
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"Always" except for the part where Jalen and his father approached Nico and the Mavs front office twice before the summer of 2022 looking to sign an extension and where turned away both times, you mean?
 
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DasTex said:
Pretty sure Dumont isn't cheap - think he was just clueless as to what Luka meant to the fanbase and what exactly Nico was doing.
Nico was probably pushing the narrative to him of paying Luka that much didn't make sense because he wouldn't be worth it in the end.
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Even worse
 
DasTex said:
Where the rigging theory falls off the rails - Kyrie tearing his ACL. If that doesn't happen, Dallas is not in the lotto.
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I’m not buying the rigging theory either. Even if Silver wanted to, how would he pull it off in front of all those teams with reps ensuring it’s a fair process. Plus, even after the trade, Dallas was a long shot to be in the lottery.
 
atlantacowboy said:
I’m not buying the rigging theory either. Even if Silver wanted to, how would he pull it off in front of all those teams with reps ensuring it’s a fair process. Plus, even after the trade, Dallas was a long shot to be in the lottery.
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Frozen envelope?
 
J817 said:
He wasn’t going to be buried behind Luka, he would have started next to Luka, but he would not have reached his full potential. He made the right choice for himself.
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why would he start next to Luka? They liked him coming off the bench and spelling Luka and playing alongside him but his pops knew his potential. I admittedly didn’t.
 
Vegas_Cowboy said:
"Always" except for the part where Jalen and his father approached Nico and the Mavs front office twice before the summer of 2022 looking to sign an extension and where turned away both times, you mean?
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It was all for show.

Mark Cuban is blaming Rick Brunson for the Mavs losing Jalen Brunson in free agency, saying “things went south when the parents got involved

It was the biggest unkept secret in the NBA/
 
Robbieac said:
You seem to be a Nico fan.

That must be a VERY lonely fanclub…
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Naw I’m just holding people accountable. There was. Conspiracy to make Mavs worse so they can go to Vegas….I’m just laughing between the conspiracies, Lakers winning one more game then we did with Luka…it’s been a funny last couple of weeks. :laugh:
 
TheMarathonContinues said:
Naw I’m just holding people accountable. There was. Conspiracy to make Mavs worse so they can go to Vegas….I’m just laughing between the conspiracies, Lakers winning one more game then we did with Luka…it’s been a funny last couple of weeks. :laugh:
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Yeah. Trading a top three young phenom superstar for an old busted bag of chips is hilarious!
I’m glad that you find your team’s incompetency to be so funny.

And you keep on holding everyone accountable.
Nico is depending on your loyalty!
 
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