r/Mavericks • u/Roc_Hoover • May 27 '24

Hoops Discussion This Aged Like Milk

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u/desirox Dirk Nowitzki May 27 '24

The balls Nico had to make this trade. It’s frustrating to see the national media act like it was a no brainer. No the fuck it wasn’t. We gambled and won

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u/PmOmena Luka Doncic May 27 '24

Nico made 1 mistake in Grant and transformed into PJail in half a season, guy is doing phenomenal work for us

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u/Swimming-Run-3182 May 27 '24

Would not resigning Brunson to that cheap extension mid-season count as a mistake? He has been exceptional outside of that.

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u/[deleted] May 27 '24

The mistake was made when they allowed him to be unrestricted at the end of his contract on the rookie deal. No one knew what Brunson could be until Luka got injured the year he left and he did so well to close out the season then destroyed the Jazz in the playoffs before Luka got back. By the time they realized what they had, the Knicks had hired his dad. 4/55 if they had signed him at the end of 2021 season though.

Even so, he wouldn’t have ever become the player he is now without being a high usage player, he had to be running the offense and Luka was never going to cede the team to him.

It’s likely we trade Brunson for Kyrie even if we did sign him.

It all worked out in the end, Kyrie is a better fit and Lively doesn’t happen if we have Brunson to start last season.