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[KillerLeft]

Isn't it funny how two people can look at a team and see something entirely different.

Cuban says we need to get bigger and then pretty much describes the player we need - which looks like Gafford more than PJ. Then Luca says he's been wanting a backup center for like three years. But you think our resources should be allocated elsewhere? To me, it feels like we met a serious need.

I would say the player Cuban described is Washington, not Gafford. He talked about a front court player who could dribble and later they talked about adding scoring punch to the front court. That’s Washington. Earlier than that, Nico Harrison did a quick impromptu interview during a game during which he expressed a desire to get a bigger player who “played with force.” Dan and others interpreted that to mean another center, and it turns out they were correct.

Luka (not Luca) did want a backup center. I acknowledged that before you said it. I don’t understand what that has to do with picking this particular backup center, or determining what to pay for it. Hey, I like to pay back up salaries and back up trade costs when I acquire backup players. 

I think what you are trying to suggest is that I don’t value center play as much as Luka or Cuban do, and that might be true. But, it isn’t really germane to the point. I’m trying to make it today. Trusting players to determine the best way forward with the roster is pretty much the playbook Dan Gilbert followed that ruined the Cleveland Cavaliers. I want the Mavericks to win the championship, not just Luka. If/when he leaves, I will still be here.

We don’t have to argue about this all day. I will stop being a buzzkill (didn’t think my opinion would cause this much of an uproar). I just really want the Mavericks to be smart.