With a balance sheet currently in balance which positions them in tenth place in the Western Conference, i.e. in the qualifying places for the play-in tournament, the Dallas Mavericks really need reinforcements to give themselves some air in the standings. and put themselves in a more comfortable position in the race for the Playoffs. What could be better than bringing together a former and a future MVP under the same tunic for this? In any case, that’s what Mark Cuban and the Mavs seem to think, who would track Derrick Rose to densify their rotation on the backcourt…
Imagine for a moment at the turn between the years 2011 and 2012, at a time when the Brazilian Michel Telo and the South Korean PSY are preparing to conquer the world with their respective hits Oh, if I catch you et Gangnam Style (a little wink on this day of the round of 16 of the World Cup between the teammates of Marquinhos and those of Son Heung-min). In this period of lockout, NBA fans do not have much to put in their mouths, if not tough negotiations between players and franchise owners. However, in the middle of this media Sahara, a Woj bomb (still fairly recent concept at the time) will come and trigger a real sandstorm in the small world of the Big League: the Dallas Mavericks of Dirk Nowitzki, just ringed, manage to attract the outgoing MVP into a trade, Derrick Rose, sending in return to Illinois the aging Shawn Marion and Peja Stojakovic. Incidentally, to complete the salary of the youngest all-time winner of the Maurice Podoloff trophy (still under a rookie contract at the time), the Taurus board added to the exchange a young swingman drafted at the end of the first round a few months later. early, correct defender but fairly unremarkable attacker, a man named Jimmy Butler. Admit that it throws, right?
Alright, back to reality.
This trade obviously never took place, and D-Rose experienced the disastrous blow of fate that we know a few months later (even if his year 2012 was nothing compared to his year 2017, where he will have played in Phil Jackson’s Knicks and had his name become the title of a Lil Pump song). Today, in 2022, the native of Windy City, 34 years old, 6.4 points and 2 assists on average in 2022-2023, evolves in a Big Apple franchise on the way to respectability (yes, yes, we swear!), and the teams who wish to attach his services are looking more for the experience to use off the bench than a franchise player around whom to build to go to the title. And that’s good, since on the side of the Mavs, it seems that Mark Cuban and his subordinates are trying to surround a little better Luka Doncic still as phenomenal but a little lonely – it is also rumored that the former Madrid player and his teammates in Dallas are currently in the studio recording a cover ofI’ll Be Missing You in homage to Jalen Brunson, who left this summer for the land of the recipient of the original song – just to offer the Slovenian prodigy a supporting cast on a par with that enjoyed by his illustrious German elder in the Texan franchise. And according to Ric Bucher of Fox Sports, it is of course the triple All-Star that the management of the mavericks would have set its sights on.
While Jason Kidd’s men already had Spencer Dinwiddie in their squad at the start of the exercise, and they were joined by a Kemba Walker signed freely a few days ago, it is therefore a third guard with a knee history that would currently be on the radar of Cowboys neighbors. Important information however, unlike the former Hornets star, Tom Thibaudeau’s protege is still under contract with the Knickerbockers, who will pay him this season a total salary over $14 million and still have a 15 million team option for 2023-2024 that the first pick of the 2008 Draft should also receive (good evening, no). Texas side, Davis Bertans Dorian Finney-Smith or even Christian Wood may be of interest to the New York board as part of an exchange, not saying however that their counterparts in Dallas do not hear it that way. Unless the ROY 2009 finds an agreement with his employer for a buyout? That’s all we wish for one of the most popular players of his generation to play in a team with ambition to finish his career…
Failing to have been the teammate of the great Dirk in the multiverse, the youngest MVP in history, Derrick Rose, could therefore team up with another (future? present?) European legend of the Mavericks in the coming days. What can a D-Rose give off the bench behind Doncic and Dinwiddie? We would almost pay to see it.
