Impuniti wrote:Bloodbather wrote:SelfishPlayer wrote:
Luka is part of the problem. Brunson and Porzingis were run out of town. There's your championship team right there.
Brunson left the Mavs because he specifically wanted to play for the Knicks, where his father is an assistant coach. Porzingis, on the other hand, only has himself to blame because he thought he was 1B to Dončić's 1A when he clearly was better suited to be a wingman or even a third wheel. Listening to him look back on his time with the Mavs on JJ Redick's podcast, I think he understands this to be the case also, which is why he's much more comfortable with his role with the Celtics.
It's definitely a bummer for the Mavs that the Dončić-Brunson-Porzingis core really only had one proper year together and got broken up after making the Conference Finals, but they didn't really run either of them out of town. Blaming Luka for it especially ridiculous, because him being ball dominant is clearly a winning strategy - you don't buy a Ferrari to drive it like a Honda Civic.
That is certainly a revisionist take. Porz was not just blaming himself, he said it didn't work from both guys. Reality is both guys left him. If he was that great to work with stars, they wouldn't have. Porz realizing he was a diva then =/= Luka isn't one as well. He clearly didn't like being part of the winning strategy where he sees Luka pound the ball for long periods as he stays in the corner.
As for it being a winning strategy, we'll see. So far in his career, he's a white Harden that started dominating at an early age.
I see you're also trying to reinvent the history.
Porzingis was traded, he never left. He actually wanted to leave because he was mad at Rick how he was using him, he didn't want to put him in the post like KP wanted because he was too weak and Rick didn't like post plays anymore, look up the interview. And then when Rick resigned, Kidd traveled to Latvia and told KP he'll start using him more like he wanted and he did, KP decided to stay. But his injuries were a constant issue and Mavs traded him.
Brunson's dad offered Mavs 3x deals, worth 55/4 and each time Mavs declined. After the trade deadline and when playoffs arrived, NYK offered 2 times more money and Brunson's dad had enough of Cuban's crap so they didn't even grant Mavs an interview. Also a very well documented story by now told by Jalen and his dad over and over again.