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illmatic99 said:
why didn't cuban just pay Brunson?
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Since his deal was announced 5 minutes after the Free Agency period began, my speculation is he might have just wanted out of Dallas.

Kyrie and Doncic are two of the most ball dominant players in the league, this should be interesting...

STOMP
 
STOMP said:
Since his deal was announced 5 minutes after the Free Agency period began, my speculation is he might have just wanted out of Dallas.

Kyrie and Doncic are two of the most ball dominant players in the league, this should be interesting...

STOMP
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Correct. Brunson wanted to play in New York because his pops is an assistant there too
 
Cugel said:
shocked. that was not much for an all star. How is that even possible. MIN gives 4 FRP and good talent for Rudy MF'ing Gobert? One FRP 6 years from now and DFS and SD?? how can that be??
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That trade for Gobert was one of the worst trades in NBA history IMO and it will only get worse.
 
e_blazer said:
So, the Nets basically took the “get this asshat outta here” package?
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That's basically any package they would have got before the deadline.
 
Cugel said:
shocked. that was not much for an all star. How is that even possible. MIN gives 4 FRP and good talent for Rudy MF'ing Gobert? One FRP 6 years from now and DFS and SD?? how can that be??
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His value tanked when the request came out.
 
Cuban good luck, I hope you had your fingers crossed if you stipulated Kyrie would be given a new contract. Not even his fellow shark tank buddies would have made this deal.
 
MickZagger said:
Correct. Brunson wanted to play in New York because his pops is an assistant there too
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I am referring to this, well before the NY noise grew loud over the season.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...as-mavericks-massive-free-agency-implications

Dallas could have signed Brunson to a four-year extension for as much as $55.5 million before the season, but the Mavs didn't offer it then nor did they engage in negotiations with Brunson's representatives. He was coming off a disappointing first playoff series of his career, as former Mavs coach Rick Carlisle drastically cut Brunson's minutes in the final few games of the seven-game exit against the LA Clippers.

"It sat with me all summer," Brunson said at the start of training camp.

Nor were the Mavs willing to make that commitment midseason, when Brunson had transitioned from sixth man to starter and was thriving. An extension would have handcuffed the Mavs from including Brunson if a trade for a star materialized. Dallas offered the extension immediately after the Feb. 10 trade deadline, when Mavs forward Dorian Finney-Smith signed an identical deal.

"I told him once the season is started, that's it," Rick Brunson says. "I told the Mavericks, 'Once the season is started, there's no contract talk,' and I went back against my word. In January, I thought he did enough where he deserved [the extension]. I said, 'Hey, take the money, man.' He wants security. He wants to live here. And they declined.

"He didn't turn s--- down. Y'all declined first. When y'all came back to him, we said, 'Hey, we just want to finish out the season and go from there.'"
 
Has there ever been a team with both of their backcourt players starting in the All-Star game together?
 
THE HCP said:
Has there ever been a team with both of their backcourt players starting in the All-Star game together?
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if the West gets an extra All-Star, the East should get to un-snub Pascal Siakam.
 
Luka wanted to play next to a star, so this is probably showing Cuban is committed to doing so. High risk, but you also risk losing Luka. Should be exciting though.
 
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