So the Cavs waived Tucker. I want to review on this a little bit:
- There was a narrative that we were asset poor and so signing him was kinda like getting a first round pick.
- He didn’t really play so it’s not like we “found out” anything, other than ‘we talkin bout practice.’
- We needed to “act quick” because other teams were hot on his tail.
- None of those teams were hot enough to want to take him for free.
- We had to offload another one of those ‘assets’ to clear his small salary, when it was us having a lack of assets as a driver/justification for signing him (and to guaranteed money) in the first place.
We seem to rationalize a number of decisions “because other teams were after this guy.” The Spurs and TB. NWG and some undisclosed teams wanting to trade for him. Tucker, etc. It seems like there’s at least a small amount of DL having FOMO syndrome, or what other teams are doing seems to impact what he thinks. Or at least we can’t justify a number of our decisions any better than “hey a couple jackass GMs that we otherwise ridicule seem to validate DL’s moves.”