07-29-2023, 02:36 AM
(07-29-2023, 02:09 AM)omahen Wrote: There was not a single indication about that. In fact, Atlanta didn't want to trade Capela for a pick swap and demanded Green also. I don't think things have changed much since draft.
On the other hand, there has been plenty of smoke that Mavs are interested in Capela.
Actually I think there have been many signals that ATL wants to move to OO. (If you don't perceive things the same, so be it.) And when you say "there has been plenty of smoke that Mavs are interested in Capela" without also seeing and noting ATL's role in creating that interest, and that smoke, then I think you are missing a lot of the landscape.
But one clear point -- the fact that they asked for more in those talks is NOT telling us they truly want to keep him now. Or ever wanted to keep him. Objectively it only tells us that CC was definitely available then, at a certain price, that was more than the Mavs were willing to pay (at the time). The Mavs are in a holding pattern on Holmes now, but we'll see if this heats up again in the next month or so.