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[Mavs2021]

The "new" Mavs2021 is pretty awesome!

I´m not going to change. I call it like I see it. If they do some dumb sh*t in 10 days. I´ll call them out again.

Last night was proper GM work.

They understood Orlando/OKC were fighting over Wallace (or at least OKC was sufficiently scared by Orlando´s need for a PG). OKC didn´t care about Bertans, cause they are like $50M under the floor and have to pay somebody anyway. Bertans´ expiring deal might even be a trade chip for them. Mavs wanted Lively and they knew Orlando is not taking a 7th center, so this made perfect sense for both parties. Win-win situation.

Same with the trade for OMP. The Kings seemingly have a very specific free agency target in mind (Grant, Kuzma, Draymond?) for which they needed additional capspace. Meanwhile the Mavs needed to jump the Celtics line. So once again a win-win situation.

You did not have to overpay in either situation, cause you negotiated from a position of equal strength and not the usual weakness and desperation.