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Nerlens Noel and the new waiting game

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Let me be perfectly clear: the Nerlens Noel trade was a swindling for the Mavericks that dramatically altered the way in which the Mavericks are positioned for the post-Dirk era. I’m not interested in debating the precise degree of swindling involved in this trade. Justin Anderson is ok, he might be pretty darn good someday, but Nerlens is a game-changing player right now and he’s still young. That’s all we really need to know.

Moving beyond the premise that the Nerlens trade changes the team’s outlook, though, the specifics start to get dicier.