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[F Gump]

I don't disagree with the idea that they should done what was needed to get P3, but that's in an ideal world where they can do whatever they want. Sadly, the NBA doesn't work that way.

After Dragic, I'm not sure where an available answer was that they didn't take. And if he wasn't good enough (and if that's what Kidd thinks, maybe he isn't), then signing him would have been pointless anyhow. OTOH, if they hadn't done the homework to know that Dragic was a no-go, until he was the only option left, that's on them.

But does that take us back even earlier, where signing Brunson was a HAVE TO, that they didn't make happen? FWIW, I still think their big need at this point is that 3rd Playmaker, and that he's more important to what they are building than is generally realized. Not sure who he is, or how they get him, but if I'm plotting a future big move, I think that is likely to be as much or more of a difference-maker to them than a wing. (As much as I hate to admit it, I think Brunson was that guy -- and in a few years, Mavs fans may be wish-wondering if they can get JB for 3 picks and some good players and more).