09-24-2020, 08:30 AM
(09-24-2020, 07:20 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: When you think about it, they traded Barnes for Jackson, Wright and Boban.Agreed. I´m the first to throw the MBT under the bus...let me re-phrase, I´ll gladly drive the bus back and forth a few times after the MBT threw themselves in front of it. This one though is a non-event.
Definitely not great. But I don't know that we're looking at this in 5 years banging our heads, either.
The biggest discussion point would be, if the Kings gave the Mavs a choice between Giles and Jackson and whether the Mavs with their "college fundamentals over upside"-tendency chose Jackson. But we don´t know whether Giles was ever on the table.
It was also clear that the Kings were ready to make Barnes an (extension) offer that nobody else matched in the summer. So limited leverage there, too.