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[Luka77]

You’re wrong. It was VERY clear from where the crickets were coming, the way he worded it. Very.

Glad you think know what “the Mavs were hoping.” I’m skeptical they were thinking anything, they botched this so badly. 

Cuban’s statement (which I don’t remember, I’m taking your word for it) seems VERY OBVIOUSLY like the spin you suggested Brunson was “crafting.” Almost no room for any other interpretation, from my seat.

Maybe he did prefer NY, but you don’t know that, obviously. And, I don’t care what his preference was. I only care that he 1) ended up in Dallas, 2) Dallas got compensated if he didn’t, or 3) they overtly did everything possible to make either 1 or 2 the result. Waiting to “match” an offer isn’t good enough, because the result that manifested (losing Brunson for NOTHING) was so catastrophic that it shouldn’t have been risked. Once they didn’t move him at the deadline, they had no choice but to put an offer down on day 1 that was at least more than NY could offer (my offer would’ve been the max), and to that PUBLICLY. They didn’t do that, which told Brunson (and us, if we’re paying attention) anything he needed to know. From his perspective, at that point, F Dallas. I don’t blame him. 

You are homering out. They, the Mavs (he, Cuban?) are 100% responsible for this result. Pro sports is a “get the job done” world. They failed.

So would you have been happy with the return that the Knicks were offering in return for Brunson SNT (a bunch of crap salary matches and no draft compensation)?

That is the tokenism that the Rose's were offering in Return for developing him.