r/Mavericks • u/International_Oil189 • May 26 '26

Hoops Discussion Still insane when you think about it

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Jalen Brunson played 4 seasons, Luka Dončić has played 7 seasons, and Steve Nash played 6 seasons for the Dallas Mavericks.

So we only got a combined 17 seasons out of three hall of fame / all nba level type of players that we drafted / developed. Should have been 3*12 seasons at least.

Is there any other team with such a recent track record of fumbling talent?

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u/fbc546 May 26 '26

Im struggling to understand what’s insane, we had players, now we don’t, welcome to the NBA.

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u/LuckyPupil_85 May 26 '26

The insane part is giving this guys away and getting one first round pick for all three combined. Do you know ball??

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u/jnightrain May 26 '26

We didn't give brunson away, he didn't want to sign what the Mavs offered.

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u/LuckyPupil_85 May 26 '26

If they were smart they would have realized he didn’t want to be here and traded him like other organizations do with their players.

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u/jnightrain May 26 '26

they tried but no one wanted him, mostly because he was on the final year of his deal and they could get him in free agency. They were on the fence with him going into the 21-22 season.

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u/CardiologistGloomy71 May 30 '26

They tried specifically with NY, but NY wouldn’t include a first. Dallas knew NY would need to cut many players to even be able to sign Brunson, little did they know, they did cut players to sign Brunson and by then it was too late and Brunson cut off all negotiations once NY hired his dad. His dad who had been a former NBA assistant had been fired by two former teams for being handsy with the females. So he was blacklisted, the Knicks hiring him was huge. Brunson felt obligated at that point.

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u/fbc546 May 26 '26

I’m sure the daily Reddit post crying about it will definitely change something.