05-03-2025, 02:51 AM
(05-02-2025, 08:57 PM)Dahlsim Wrote: No doubt Nico colluded with his Laker buddy. Still could be that his intention for Dallas was do what he thought could give the Mavericks a chance to win a chip in the short term.
When Nico was asked about longer windows like 5 to 10 years I thought he answered pretty honestly when he essentially said he doesn't think of the franchise future that far out. He said something like who knows if i'm alive or where I'll be that far out. Not to say it's a great answer if you want your GM to plan for the long term future franchise but in his mind he had Dallas has win-now mode.
In that respect he may well have thought AD + Max with Kyrie was better in the short term window of 2/3 years just as you said.
I can't trust at this narrative, everybody here know that Kidd wants 2 ballhandler on the court. Harrison too.
They traded for Kyrie to pair him with Luka, if you trade Luka (whatever the reason, it's not the focal point now) you SHOULD take back another ballhandler.
No matter what.
Plus we already seen that PJ-AD-Lively/Gaff don't work so this summer we will see a revolution and it's another reason because "we are in better position to win now" it's just ******.
We can't rely on Exum and Dinwiddie for different reasons so "we are in better position to win now" it's crap, even with a healthy Kyrie.
I don't know if the Harrison plan was to add another PG in the off season but he clearly tanked this season.
I know they played hard at the end but it's just because the fans riot.
And with that small package received for Luka we have no leverage on a big trade.
It's all funny because Giannis wants to come out next season and we don't have enough assets even after trade Luka Doncic. Embarassing.
Right now we are a very dysfunctional team with 2 old injury prone stars.
That's the problem and Harrison can't survive at it... Probably it was better to tank for Flagg but the situation was too heavy for him and they can't.
The city needs a fresh start, nobody here really think that we can win the chip next 7/10 years so fire Harrison & Kidd, hire new coach & GM and try to bring back the passion from the fanbase.