09-09-2021, 12:58 PM
(09-09-2021, 12:48 PM)mavsluvr Wrote: They appeared to be attributing KP's trade request to his dissatisfaction with his role. They indicated that his role was recommended by Bob, and Carlisle accepted the recommendation. If KP wanted out "if the old regime stayed in place," then I have to interpret this as his being dissatisfied with Bob, rather than other parties. I say this because he was planning to stay when Carlisle was still slated as coach, I doubt that Donnie's role would have put him in any kind of direct conflict with KP, and the podcasters said Luka was not the problem.
I am not really here to defend Carlisle, I have no idea what was going on. But I don't really appreciate how all of a sudden Carlisle is made a scapegoat for all the problems Mavs had by Dallas based writers. Before Carlisle decided to leave (he wasn't fired!), they were viciously defending him from every critique. None of these beat writers ever even hinted at a possibility that Carlisle might be any source of problem, yet now all of a sudden this has totally changed...