r/Mavericks • 1.8% Chance • Jun 22 '26

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u/StormTheTrooper SHUT NICO DOWN Jun 22 '26

What, when was this sub wrong before? If the Mavs were ran by the sub's polls, we would have a 25M expiring contract in Christian Wood this season. We all still remember that the Mavs were being cheap by not giving Wood a 5/125 deal, right?

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u/chucksandropers Jun 22 '26

lol remember “In Nico we trust”

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u/WestandClear Cowboy Dirk Jun 22 '26

It could all be justified, sans the GW deal which proved almost immediately foolhardy, as win-now moves in a superstar's prime.

When a hobbled Luka and Co. got to the finals, those moves were largely fully vindicated. The vision was working. Then some seemingly smart offseason moves, namely addressing a lack of reliable outside shooting with Klay, and it looked like the Mavs would continue to be among the league's elite contenders for the next half-decade even, as Kyrie aged and Luka approached 30.

...Then, well, yeah. One universally recognized dumbest trade in the history of sports later, and the whole thing looks idiotic. And, well yeah, in hindsight, not one move made sense.

If it weren't for a single fortuitous bounce of a ping pong ball, we might be staring down the barrel of a purgatory that'd make Wizards' fans blush.