HALLELUKA: Luka Clinches All-NBA 1st team. 4th in 5 years

[KillerLeft]

The Mavs made massive mistakes with the JB situation, but by the time June rolled around it was WAY TOO LATE. The ship had sailed.

Until it is reported "we offered more than NY" or "we wanted to offer more than NY" I think this is not factual. NOTHING other than something to effect of what I just laid out, in definitive black and white, will change that. 

And I'll tell you this: IF Cuban HAD offered/intended to offer more, we'd know it, because he'd have told us 10 times by now. That's my opinion, of course, but it certainly would've been in his best interest to trumpet that intention after the fact, even if it was a lie. Instead, the "Fred VanVleet money" reference, which we now know was borderline insulting, has just been allowed to sit there. 

I think you might be right. I think at least part of Brunson's heart wanted the NY offer to be the best. But, it's not like he hated it here, and because the NY offer clearly WAS the best, we factually don't know what effect an offer from Dallas that conveyed a "wow" level of respect for him might've accomplished. I believe the logic of this is self-evident.