Luka Dealt to Lakers: Nico Harrison is a Basketball Terrorist

[KillerLeft]

I agree.  I don't see any logical reason to lock this thread.  It was left open originally to be the spot where people could continue to vent about Nico and the Luka trade, and it still serves a purpose.  It will ultimately die on its own.

At some point, negativity only serves to breed more negativity. We're not going to be that type of community. We lost some folks because of the team's actions over the past 9 months, no doubt, and those who are still here need a place to "vent," sure. But, we're starting to lose more folks because of the toxicity and redundancy of the discussions here, and that's something we can control. If the thread dies, it dies, but there are some for whom the negativity is like oxygen, and those people need to go away. I think that those individuals will literally never stop looking for the next thing to complain about, and the next thing after that. This thread might have to be locked to save us all from those people. Or, we could just ban them and be done with it, I suppose, but we're bending over backwards trying to avoid that.

To be clear, they have been warned, and know who they are. We're not in the business of censoring any actual thoughtful, reasonable contributors, no matter what their opinions might be. 

But, at some point, in order to heal we all need to turn the page. I'm sure these topics will never completely die away from Mavs fan culture. Someone compared the situation to the Nash thing the other day, and I think that's a good comparison, at least when imagining the future role of a topic on this forum. 

Luka is never going to play another game in a Mavs uniform. The Adelsons are never going to sell the team. I'm honestly equal parts surprised and proud that Mavs fans were able to mob up and force Harrison out so quickly. I think that's kind of the best closure we could possibly expect from the situation. It's damn near officially time to get over it, honestly. 

If we do anything here that runs people off, well...that would be unfortunate, but I'd rather it be the people who make several variations of the exact, same post every day than the people who make thoughtful, interesting contributions, and sadly, it's the latter sort that seems to be engaging less frequently as time goes by.