| East - Atlantic |
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| Boston Celtics |
| Brooklyn Nets |
| New York Knicks |
| Philadelphia Sixers |
| Toronto Raptors |
| East - Central |
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| Chicago Bulls |
| Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Detroit Pistons |
| Indiana Pacers |
| Milwaukee Bucks |
| East - Southeast |
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| Atlanta Hawks |
| Charlotte Hornets |
| Miami Heat |
| Orlando Magic |
| Washington Wizards |
| West - Northwest |
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| Denver Nuggets |
| Minnesota Timberwolves |
| Oklahoma City Thunder |
| Portland Trailblazers |
| Utah Jazz |
| West - Pacific |
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| Golden State Warriors |
| Los Angeles Clippers |
| Los Angeles Lakers |
| Phoenix Suns |
| Sacramento Kings |
| West - Southwest |
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| Dallas Mavericks |
| Houston Rockets |
| Memphis Grizzlies |
| New Orleans Pelicans |
| San Antonio Spurs |
They will go down in history as the worst GMs in NBA history probably, no way they are at the same level with Patterson (Portland's GM who chose Oden instead of KD) or Bob Bass (Charlotte's GM who picked Kobe than traded him).
But whose the worst between them?
nico. it's harder judging guys who haven't played in the nba at all. Nico had 6 years of Luka in the NBA to judge from and just got carried to the finals by him.
Nico by a country mile. Vlade for all his ineptitude, still has the valid excuse of not being able to read the future.
Nico had the knowledge in his hand.
Nico and it's not even close. Not only did he make a terrible basketball decision, he broke the hearts of an entire city/basketball fandom, he also betrayed a generational player in Luka and cost Luka like 117m dollars.
Frankly destroying the good will the Mavericks and Mark Cuban have built over decades. Players always talked about how first class the Mavericks were, even how great they treated opposing players. The Mavs will be no players first choice this off-season or any off-season for the foreseeable future.
It's Nico, not even close, the draft can go either way.
Everyone saying Nico because at the draft you don't know what you're picking but Divac could see the wonderboy at Real Madrid, it was quite obvious he would have been a very good player.
On the other hand, if Luka made clear he would not resign with the Mavs, the only bad of Nico would have been to sell low, not to sell.
I'm honestly confused and I started thinking that trade needed an NBA veto
On the other hand, if Luka made clear he would not resign with the Mavs...
And yet that wasn't the case. He's clearly still pissed about what happened, and pretty clearly wanted to sign his supermax in DAL.
I’m honestly confused and I started thinking that trade needed an NBA veto
It definitely does. I don't know why Silver's failing to act, other than that the move fits in to his plans, such as the new (casino) owners ruining the team so they can claim Dallas doesn't support it, so they can move it to Vegas. Still an awful look for the NBA, if so.
Btw, an article just came out by a team analyst that Dallas' analytics dept have thought for some time that Luka's impact isn't really equal to his numbers, and that it would be best to eventually trade him. Still, that doesn't seem to fit with 1) Luka just making the finals and 2) why Nico got such a pathetic return for him.