Non Knee-Jerk Takes

[MFFL]

While I hate the return we got for KP, I like the trade.

To me it shows that Nico/Kidd are in charge of the franchise and they are not beholden to the players the old regime acquired. 

Yes we resigned THJ but I think that was more of a Nico forced to make an immediate decision and deciding that he wants to keep this asset and he'll make a correction later if needed.

But the reason that I'm sure that Cuban has backed off is his quote about the trade -

"But we needed that shooter [Bertans] and we needed another ball handler [Dinwiddie] who could create a shot, and unfortunately that was the only way we were going to get them. It was that simple — getting two guys who fill roles that we really needed.."

Old Cuban would have never said something like that. He believed the adage that the team that got the best player won the trade. 

And as I said before, there is NO WAY that Cuban's ego could EVER admit that he lost the trade with the Knicks. If Cuban was in charge, there isn't a possibility that KP would have been moved. The sunk cost and embarrassment would have been too much.