In Nico We Trust

[Jym]

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.

Kinda hard to believe that the same FO that signed McGee and did that horrible trade with the Wiz managed to pull off what they did last night
Hopefully a sign of things to come when Cuban isn't meddling in every decision