01-14-2023, 08:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-14-2023, 08:38 PM by sterlingmallory.)
(01-14-2023, 07:58 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote:[*]sterlingmallory Wrote: Wrote:[*]They get his initial contract right, he'd still be a Mav[*]
[*]He wasn't going to sign a contract that gave the Mavs control at the end of it.
[*]They offer him the extension before he clearly starts to take off, he'd still be a Mav
[*]New York State of Mind is not only a great song, it's been Brunson's sole goal to return.
[*]They offer him more than 5/110 in free agency and I think there's a great chance he'd still be a Mav
[*]He got the contract offer he wanted from NYK (they could have offered more) before FA started and had little to no more contact with Dallas.
The FO surely screwed up in that they didn't show JB they valued him enough to woo him to stay. He got his shot to start after injury to teammates. He earned his own right to stay there, but that is on him, not the coaching staff or the FO.
There are so many millions of theories of what happened, anyone's guess is no better than the next. Like I said before, spilled milk. Clean it up and move on, IMO.
You're suggesting that a rookie that was drafted in the second round was going to refuse to sign a contract that allowed the team control at the end? I'm not going to even bother refuting that one.
Sure, if it makes you feel better to think that the FO were absolutely helpless to avoid what happened every step of the way then by all means. I on the other hand will continue to suspect that the organization that has a history of undervaluing it's own players and letting them go for nothing probably just undervalued another player and let him go for nothing.