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Originally Posted by sefant77
They didnt get played.
With the begin of the Johnson to the Nets rumors they warned Deron that this move would be terrible and kill all their future for years.
And look now and guess what Deron is thinking. Mavs didnt get played, deron was just blind and stupid...
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They certainly got played. They had to fall back to their plan C. Of course, if the Mavs end up with CP (doubtful) then it will look like genius that Cuban opted not to meet with Williams.
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Originally Posted by Budapest Maverick
Plan B is pretty simple. If Paul and Howard are off the market, you go for the next available players. There are quite a few who could make us competitive again. Not contenders, but a solid playoff team. Anyway, you can't talk those players before Paul and Dwight regardless, i mean can you imagine something like that: "we really want you, but let's wait what Paul and Howard does". Of course you can't. But it likely doesn't matter, as only players that really made up their mind will sign before Howard and Paul, the others will wait as Underdog wrote. So really, no need to worry about that.
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Except if you don't have the groundwork laid, the next available players are already gone and you've fallen to the scrubs. You don't call them and say hey if it doesn't work out with CP we want you, you call them and express your interest, you send out Michael Finley to meet with them, etc. You guys realize teams can't talk to players until free agency right? I mean, I'm sure back door messages get around but players under contract can't be officially courted by other teams.