2019-2020 NBA Season Thread

[KillerLeft]

Originally Posted by FreshJive

We actually have no idea what happened with the Dragic deal. It was reported weirdly.

Yeah, both sides leaked incorrect info to save face afterwards.

My best guess is that the Mavs ultimately decided that Delon Wright + Danny Green (who they didn't even get, but who was stringing them along at the time) was a better use of their cap space than Dragic.

[mac222b]

Originally Posted by KillerLeft

Yeah, both sides leaked incorrect info to save face afterwards.

My best guess is that the Mavs ultimately decided that Delon Wright + Danny Green (who they didn't even get, but who was stringing them along at the time) was a better use of their cap space than Dragic.

What makes you think they BOTH leaked incorrect info? What would be the purpose? So as not to offend the almost traded players? The whole thing was very strange. Either Miami or Dallas saw something they liked better and backed out and the aggrieved party complained aloud.

Obviously it’s in the past, my pint was just that there is a good chance we passed on Dragic. Which isn’t even that big a whiff. Except the alternative turned out to be beyond underwhelming: Delon (now negative value) and wasted cap space. Dragic worst case was an expiring buddy of Luka. Best case he’s healthy and vaults us to a 3 or 4 seed and maybe we re-sign him. Of course, they could’ve also landed something better potentially, but it didn’t work out that way.