2021-2022 MAVS NEWS: 4th in West | WCF loss [ARCHIVED]

[DanSchwartzgan]

The way Jake Fischer kind of danced around his reporting on the Toronto/KP thing in that podcast made me lose a lot of faith in him in terms of his sources.

Lots of "i try to be responsible when reporting what's offered vs what's being shopped...." "i know toronto was shopping goran and a first..." until finally saying "based on macmahon and your (cato's) reporting, it sounded like toronto was asking for more than what dallas has to offer"

Just kind of made me feel icky because it was a round about way of saying, Toronto wanted picks from Dallas.

I actually have come to like and respect Fischer in the last year or so.  He’s got sauces and is right more often than most in the pre-event reporting he does.

There was some controversy around here as to whether Dallas was to send or receive a pick from Toronto.  Fischer was the reason some thought we were receiving the pick.  But, if you listened closely to JF at the time, he was making a leap of faith even then.  1. Toronto was shopping Dragic and a pick around the league plus 2.  Dallas and Toronto were close to a deal equals 3. Dallas must have been receiving the pick.  I heard him on multiple podcasts at the time and he never conclusively said that…just inferred it.  Now, as you say, he’s even less clear as to what was actually on the table.

My opinion is an always has been that Dallas would have jumped at Dragic plus a pick if it was as simple as that.  Therefore, it wasn’t as simple as that.