2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

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Cause

1) Nobody knew, that Justin Jackson is not very good.  By this standard, nobody still knows that JJ is not very good.
2) we wanted to tank.  You can tank and still negotiate a trade better than that.
3) we didn´t want to re-sign Barnes.  Sac showed how desperately they wanted Barnes by giving him such a big extension. Sure we didn't want him, but extracting 1 more asset from that trade would have made all the difference. 
 
There wasn´t much on the Kings roster at the time that was interesting under the circumstances. Probably could have hustled for a long-shot trial of Labissiere or Swanigan, but that´s about it.  Harry Giles is who I wanted and thought would have made the trade even, regardless of how good or bad the 2 ended up being. He was just coming back from injury too which should have helped Sac make the decision.

We got swindled by the worst GM in the league. Let that set in.

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The poor ft shooting just doesn’t lend itself to a belief that he’ll ever be a consistent shooter overall.

So Luka has no chance then?

Of all the incredible dumb sh*t the MBT has done since the 2011 Finals this is certainly not the one, I´d get hung up on.

We were one normal decision by Sacramento, Atlanta or Memphis away from a decade and counting as the Knicks East.

1.) Second season is usually the time a player improves significantly. When the Mavs acquired him he was in the middle of his 2nd season on a franchise with a bad reputation. Now it´s been three years and he has not improved at all. Completely different point in the timeline.

2.) There was little leverage in this deal. We wanted to get rid of him. They wanted to sign him.

3.) As a result we gained a small asset in Jackson. No way they give up on Giles at that point. Given that we did not have Porzingis at that stage, I´m pretty confident the Mavs asked about Giles first, before they asked about Jackson....

.....unless of course the Knicks East-rule applies here.