Haralabob has a surprising take on this.

I thought he might be quiet about the trade, given the reports of friction between him and Doncic during Bob's time with the Mavericks.

This would seem to vindicate Haralabob, as it seems the entire Mavericks organization got tired of Doncic, and let him go despite his massive talent (and young age).

However, here's what Haralabob had to say on X:

This will go down as one of (Probably THE) worst trades in the history of Sports. You just traded away a top 3 player in the prime of his career and your return was a single first and a soon to be 32 year old Anthony Davis. The fact that you threw in a 2nd for good measure is just *chefs kiss*

The Nets got 4 unprotected firsts + a pick swap plus Johnson and Bridges who they later traded for FIVE FIRSTS and a pick swap for KD who was 34 at the time of that trade.

The Mavs had a top 3 defense last season after the deadline trades and then lost in the Finals to one of if not the greatest offensive teams in NBA History in the Celtics.

If you think defense wins championships and you want to be 3 Centers Deep on your roster - and play AD at the 4 while forcing PJ to guard 3s, Klay to guard 2s and Kyrie to guard 1s good luck with that.

The Mavs now have one player on their roster who can create a a shot for himself or for others in Kyrie and he's about to turn 33.

The only other thing I'll add to this is Dennis Lindsey was with the Mavs last year and is a great basketball mind.

He left to work for the Pistons this season. Do with that what you will.


The funniest thing in all of this was thanking Pelinka for agreeing to keep things quiet and not sharing the idea of a trade with anyone - of course he wanted to keep it quiet, the last thing he wanted was for someone at the Mavs with a brain to find out and nix it - or for god forbid it leaks and other teams started offering realistic packages.

Pelinka cooked.

He's right about Pelinka.

Pelinka kept quiet about it for the same reason casino advantage players keep things quiet when they find a monster play. Once the word gets out, you're fucked.


Anyway, from the above statement, you'd never think he and Doncic ever had issues. Maybe they didn't, and the media was overblowing it. I know Bob denied it at the time.

Oh... by the way. Bob and I are what I'd consider friendly acquaintances. We follow each other on Twitter, interact sometimes, and have DM'd on occasion. We aren't friends, but we get along well enough, and there's a chance I could get him on radio, if there's interest, which I assume there would be.