12-04-2022, 02:07 AM
MrGoat Wrote:I wish tomorrow was Monday. Steven A Smith's inevitable Knicks rant would have been glorious
My sad takeaway from yesterday was that Brunson really cared about staying a Maverick. It also showed in his performance. He was awful, made a lot of unusual errors.
You could see it in his face and voice during the press conference. He didn´t have to say that the Mavs never made a serious attempt for him to stay (if you read between the lines a little). Usually players butter up their new team, even if it is a lie. Mavs basically shoved him out the door by making no serious attempt to engage in an early extension to use him as a trade piece, and then didn´t even have the decency to "overpay" to make good for it.
Also here are two situations where they did go out of their way.
1. They gave Powell an early extension for 10M, but not Brunson for 13M, which is a lower percentage based off the current salary cap.
2. They gave Matthews a bonus for DAJ not signing.
How insulting is it that the Mavs cared more about Powell and Matthews than you.