KnicksGod wrote:dakomish23 wrote:Fury wrote:
And the mavs wanted Frank at 9, so I'll allow it
We sure about that? Maybe if we picked DSJ he goes to DAL, but if we had picked someone else IE Monk, do we know for sure they pick Frank over DSJ?
Of course we don't know for sure. But they scouted him heavily. Smoke, fire.
DSJ stuff is a little funny. He has a lot of attributes of guys who look good in some games and draw attention because they can do some big things, but who don't change your team much.
And the injury is part of the profile. The lower ceiling profile.
We scouted everyone too. Turns out it didn't matter. PJax got who he wanted for the triangle.
Here's a description from Cuban about draft night
"Mark said, 'OK, we're going to give Woj a pump fake,' " the staffer said. "Then he said, 'No one touches their phones or they're fired.' Coming from The Boss, you take it seriously."
Naturally, several of the phones rang and buzzed and vibrated with the usual draft night activity. Who knows? Maybe LeBron James' agent called the Mavericks during that interlude to work out a path for James to come to Dallas and be closer to his beloved Cowboys. OK, so that probably didn't happen, but the Mavericks definitely missed some calls and texts.
That was of no matter to Cuban. He said that when Wojnarowski tweeted that the Knicks were going to select Frank Ntilikina at No. 8, several staff members wanted to high-five because that ostensibly meant Dallas would get its man, Smith.
"I'm like, 'No,' " Cuban said. "Just because it's reported doesn't mean it's true. I've been in crazier situations.
"So we're waiting and waiting. When Adam Silver walks out, I'm like, 'OK.'"
When Silver announced the Knicks had indeed picked Ntilikina, that's when the room erupted in chest bumps and, according to coach Rick Carlisle, "thunderous applause."
Not because the Mavs had thwarted ol' Woj, though that certainly was an accomplishment in itself. It was because they got the guy they wanted all along.
Sounds like they got their man too
