What confuses me on this board is the illusion that the Jones are capable of pulling off a trade like this.
Teams have admitted they can get the Cowboys to dramatically overpay and talk about Jerry has no patience for the back-and-forth. They call it the "Jerry Tax." There is also been public talk that Stephen is the exact opposite and has unrealistic demands. Stephen was quoted a few years back as saying they needed "payback for teams getting over on them in the past."
These two are unserious clowns.
I gotta be honest KING...and you aint gonna like this...
I have only owned one home in my life...the whole process of buying was beyond frustrating for a buyer...and the one thing that made NO SENSE and had me put off back then was the back and forth on price.
You can make a weak excuse to side with real estate....but we offer...take 3 days to hear back...make a new offer...3 days again...
You are not smart enough to come up with an excuse that suggests that is reasonable in the 2000's with phones. Cool, I got played on my frustration and it was strung out on me to gaslight me...lame..
I agree with Jerry....screw all that mess. Its a big waste of time and its not as complicated as needing to spend a bunch of time in negotiations.
Also...UNLESS IM GETTING PLAYED...that also conflicts with how I have heard most NBA transactions go.
How can you fault Jerry for that? Leaning into "Well, theres another party involved, son" is lazy and weak...its not that hard when you have gatekeepers on phones that run trades by Jerry before he gets involved.
Personally, dont see how anyone can fault Jerry in this...everyone hates unreasonably long negotiations.