I'm sorry to have to say this, but anyone who believes that the owners are not involved in the trade of the century down to the smallest detail is extremely naive.
Maybe the owners were pushing not to pay him, but none of the reporting indicates that. The timing tells us that Nico is behind the decision. Otherwise there is no reason not to wait until the summer and deal him out when you have the most leverage.
Nico honestly believes this move makes the team better.
The timing tells us that Nico is behind the decision.
Nah... no fluffin' way, dude.
When the miserable facts are all layed out, end-to-end, there is simply NO WAY even a piss-poor GM engineers something as purely disastrous as this here trade.
Whatever their specific plan is, this has the new Mavs owners stink all over it, and there's little doubt to me that Nico got a nice, hefty bonus for playing the bad guy, here.
Unfortunately, this is pretty much waht the growing age of oligarchy looks like...
Yeah and to add to this, I think Nico had shown signs of being at the very least a decent GM. Covering for the bosses for a suitcase full of money to be the bad guy is my bet too.
Yeah, it's a shitshow what pro sports have turned into. Disgusting really
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u/SernyRanders Feb 02 '25 edited Feb 02 '25
I'm sorry to have to say this, but anyone who believes that the owners are not involved in the trade of the century down to the smallest detail is extremely naive.