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Originally Posted by mavsjunkie
It's obvious that some folks would rather lose with their favorite player than to win by sacrificing that player.
This attitude is the reason we are the Mavs. We will never win the big one.
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Win.......History doesn't support you there.
How many titles have been won by the Milwaukee Bucks since they traded off Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.?
How long did it take for the Boston Red Sox to win a title after they got rid of Babe Ruth?
Getting rid of a superstar usually works for the team getting the superstar, not the team losing them.
Shaq leaves and all of a sudden Miami is good, but LA is avg. LA trades for another superstar, and they are good again. Boston keeps the superstar they have and add a couple and they are champs. Minn traded theirs off for potential, and they are 14 games below .500 today. Shaq is a shell of the superstar he once was, but he leaves Miami and even with a superstar in DWade, they are only 4 games over .500.
No, not wanting to lose a superstar is not a losing a favorite player to win, it is a losing a favorite player so you can spend the next decade looking for another superstar that will get you up to mediocre. I'd just as soon not sacrifice the superstar (at least not until you have found your next one).
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