When the Chicago Bulls landed point guard Lonzo Ball in August, it was a sad moment for the Dallas Mavericks.
Ball went to Chicago via a sign-and-trade deal between the Bulls and the Pelicans after he agreed to a 4-year, $85 million contract with Chicago. This was the end of the where would Lonzo go sweepstakes, and after an impressive start to the season, it looks like Chicago will be Ball’s home for a long time.
Who knows if the Mavs actually had a chance of getting Ball. It looks like there might have been some tampering involved in the Bulls-Lonzo deal (Chicago might pay for that later), so it’s quite likely that no other team really had a shot at getting the lengthy point guard once free agency started.