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Message: [QUOTE="jncuse, post: 5088038, member: 1969"] The Kyrie trade really paid off for Dallas. He has behaved and performed. Even if (and that is just an if), he goes crazy again, one trip to the finals is enough to justify this trade. I felt at the time of the deal the risk/reward for the deal was worth it given the assets given up below were fairly minimal. Traded by the [URL='https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BRK/2023.html']Brooklyn Nets[/URL] with [URL='https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/morrima02.html']Markieff Morris[/URL] to the [URL='https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DAL/2023.html']Dallas Mavericks[/URL] for [URL='https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/dinwisp01.html']Spencer Dinwiddie[/URL], [URL='https://www.basketball-reference.com/players//finnedo01.html']Dorian Finney-Smith[/URL], a 2027 2nd round draft pick, a 2029 1st round draft pick and a 2029 2nd round draft pick. My post from last year at the time the deal was done. "[I]Someone had mentioned earlier this was a high risk / low reward trade. I don't fully agree with that assessment. This potentially is a high reward move. Kyrie is a lunatic, but he is also still one of the great players in the league in the odd times his head is not squarely up his ass. Its possible you can get good Kyrie for a run or two, and that could pay off. Is it high risk? Yes, but not because of the trade assets they gave in my view. The draft pick is in 2029 - Dinwiddie and DFS are nice players but that package is not going to set the franchise way back. The risk is Kyrie is a lunatic right away, or that he behaves this year and then you are forced into giving him a long term contract which is scary. Kyrie could certainly irk Luka at any time. But I think the team as it stood with no Kyrie, probably was irking Luka as well. I think it was worth the risk for Dallas for this year - but as I said, the scariest part is if Kyrie behaves this year then you have to extend him.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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