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Fuck all that positions shiet - he had a chance to get Kobe! Had the trade gone down the Mavs would've looked somethin like...Erick DampierBrandon BassJosh HowardKobe BryantDevin Harris^ thats damn sure not a 1st round exit.
Mark Cuban is insane.
It's not that simple. Just because Kobe is the better player it doesn't necessarily make the team better. Especially when it's SG for PF, when PFs are more valuable. There would have been a big hole in the frontcourt, with an overloaded backcourt. Also, there was the chance of the Lakers getting really desperate (imagine Bynum flopping and no Gasol trade, hell, even no Ariza trade) ... in that case the Lakers might have agreed to something like Kobe for Howard and Terry... that could have made the Mavs ridiculously good.
Quote from: GangstaBoogy on May 28, 2008, 05:47:10 PMFuck all that positions shiet - he had a chance to get Kobe! Had the trade gone down the Mavs would've looked somethin like...Erick DampierBrandon BassJosh HowardKobe BryantDevin Harris^ thats damn sure not a 1st round exit.Your point? The Mavs' goal has never been to just make it to the 2nd round. Just because they haven't even managed that it doesn't mean that they would've been happy with a non-championship-squad, bitch.
Quote from: 7even on May 29, 2008, 07:45:05 AMQuote from: GangstaBoogy on May 28, 2008, 05:47:10 PMFuck all that positions shiet - he had a chance to get Kobe! Had the trade gone down the Mavs would've looked somethin like...Erick DampierBrandon BassJosh HowardKobe BryantDevin Harris^ thats damn sure not a 1st round exit.Your point? The Mavs' goal has never been to just make it to the 2nd round. Just because they haven't even managed that it doesn't mean that they would've been happy with a non-championship-squad, bitch.Nigga ya'll lost in the first round 2 years in a row! Ya'll made history...first #1 seed to lose to a #8 seed in a 7 game series. Then ya'll come back next year as the #7 seed and lose to an inexperienced #2 seed. Ya'll gave away a talented young point guard (who would've been a big help against CP3) for 34 year old Jason Kidd. And now the guy who people were saying is better than Dirk admits to being a weed head and could possible end up traded. At this point I'd think you'd be thrilled to make it to the 2nd round. Doesn't bother me, I'm glad Cuban said no cuz Kobe probably would've signed off to that deal. Now the Mavs are done and we managed to get Kobe all the help he needs. Let Cuban keep holding on to his players friends.
Quote from: GangstaBoogy on May 29, 2008, 11:28:18 AMQuote from: 7even on May 29, 2008, 07:45:05 AMQuote from: GangstaBoogy on May 28, 2008, 05:47:10 PMFuck all that positions shiet - he had a chance to get Kobe! Had the trade gone down the Mavs would've looked somethin like...Erick DampierBrandon BassJosh HowardKobe BryantDevin Harris^ thats damn sure not a 1st round exit.Your point? The Mavs' goal has never been to just make it to the 2nd round. Just because they haven't even managed that it doesn't mean that they would've been happy with a non-championship-squad, bitch.Nigga ya'll lost in the first round 2 years in a row! Ya'll made history...first #1 seed to lose to a #8 seed in a 7 game series. Then ya'll come back next year as the #7 seed and lose to an inexperienced #2 seed. Ya'll gave away a talented young point guard (who would've been a big help against CP3) for 34 year old Jason Kidd. And now the guy who people were saying is better than Dirk admits to being a weed head and could possible end up traded. At this point I'd think you'd be thrilled to make it to the 2nd round. Doesn't bother me, I'm glad Cuban said no cuz Kobe probably would've signed off to that deal. Now the Mavs are done and we managed to get Kobe all the help he needs. Let Cuban keep holding on to his players friends.You act as if anybody knew what would happen later on in the season. Back then, nobody knew any of this. Still, in the end Cuban is emotionally attached to Dirk and he will keep him in Dallas for as long as possible. In fact he will probably sell the Mavs when Dirk leaves/retires.
^^^LOL sure it was. He was only kidding about the trade demands that he backed away from once he found out that any trade for him would result in him being traded to a gutted roster.