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jthig32 · 10-25-2009, 03:03 PM

It wasn't Josh and junk. During a statistical analysis convention earlier this year, Cuban argued with a few other NBA people on a panel that he felt the Mavs offer for KG was superior to Boston's and that Boston's was accepted because of the relationship between McHale and Ainge.

Whether that has any merit is impossible to know without knowing what Dallas' actual offer was, but they obviously weren't outbidding Boston (even in Cuban's mind) without offering Josh and other quality pieces. It was widely assumed that Josh and Devin and perhaps Jet were part of the package, along with other pieces.

As Dirno said, I never saw it reported anywhere that the Mavs refused to part with Josh to get KG.

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jthig32 Lazy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lazytown Posts: 18,721	It wasn't Josh and junk. During a statistical analysis convention earlier this year, Cuban argued with a few other NBA people on a panel that he felt the Mavs offer for KG was superior to Boston's and that Boston's was accepted because of the relationship between McHale and Ainge. Whether that has any merit is impossible to know without knowing what Dallas' actual offer was, but they obviously weren't outbidding Boston (even in Cuban's mind) without offering Josh and other quality pieces. It was widely assumed that Josh and Devin and perhaps Jet were part of the package, along with other pieces. As Dirno said, I never saw it reported anywhere that the Mavs refused to part with Josh to get KG. __________________ Current Mavs Salary outlook (with my own possibly incorrect math and assumptions) Mavs Net Ratings By Game (Using BRef.com calculations for possessions, so numbers are slightly different than what you'll see on NBA.com and ESPN.com Last edited by jthig32; 10-25-2009 at 03:05 PM.