(07-11-2022, 05:15 PM)cow Wrote: DAJ is what broke me.  The sooner everyone realizes that the Dallas Mavericks are one of the worst run organizations in basketball, the better.  We aren't and as long as Cuban is the owner, will not be a destination city.  We've just been lucky enough to be bolstered by two of the best basketball players that have ever drawn a breath.  Flexibility, cap space and powder don't trigger me, it's when we start talking about fit of other stars like we'd be able to get them in the first place.  Beggars can't be choosers or what not.  We are going to have to pay more or offer more years to get the free agents willing to look our way which is why Crowder isn't here and McGee is.

JB's the textbook example of our asset management.  This horse has been kicked to death though.

Nico is another example of Cuban's mismanagement.  And that's not really a knock Nico or saying that he can't succeed, but here we are with another transcendent talent and and asset pool and cap situation in shambles and what does our owner do?  Hires a replacement GM with no experience to try and dig out of the hole.  Kidd was another interesting choice but that's a different story altogether.

(07-11-2022, 05:27 PM)IamDougieFresh Wrote: If Donnie didn’t hit on two players that we shouldn’t have been available to us we would be a Kings level franchise. Ironically the Kings could have drafted Dirk or Luka. I guess at least we are not the Kings.

(07-11-2022, 05:26 PM)cow Wrote: My larger point is everyone is at everyone else's throat over JaVale Fucking McGee who is going to make 5.5m this year.

(07-11-2022, 05:22 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: In my mind, there may be a possibility (again, if this is the set roster) that Nico could be looking at the roster building this way. There is nothing that I saw with Kidd (starting with him not really wanting to name Powell the starting C at the beginning of the season and letting the player's leadership group decide instead) that makes me think he wants to play Powell other than in emergency. Wait, maybe Cuban will force his will on Kidd in that regard...


IF Wood and Powell are played during the same game, I'm right there with you. That is a horrible, horrible plan. I really just see no way that Kidd could possibly think that will help him win games.

(07-11-2022, 04:34 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: As far as how the current pieces fit together, I disagree that we can’t make the assumptions I’m making. Maybe I’m not doing a good enough job of articulating my concerns, but I feel like I can see problems coming from a mile away.

(07-11-2022, 05:31 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: So you’re correct. Even this isn’t a done deal. 

I’m just not seeing an alternative on the roster. That’s why I made my post yesterday about how they view Green. I suppose it’s conceivable that they are EXPECTING Green (or Nitilikina, or Hardy, or Dorsey) to be a top 8-9 type guy. 

From a skins-on-the-wall angle, from a salary angle and from a locker room angle, Powell would seem to be squarely ahead of those guys to me. I just have a hard time seeing them treat him like they treated Boban.

(07-11-2022, 05:33 PM)cow Wrote: You are going to feel better when Mecha Michael Jordan drops 35 points tonight.

(07-11-2022, 05:35 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: Depends. If Bingham and Wright are doing another McGee impression and try to foul out in a summer league game that might dampen the mood

(07-11-2022, 05:33 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Before 7/1 you assumed Wood was our starting center.  Now you assume he won't play any center because we are dedicated to minutes for McGee AND Powell.  There is a middle ground that makes much more sense.

(07-11-2022, 05:36 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: The hard, non-negotiable bottom line for me is this:

If @"Kammrath" is right, and there’s some sort of Powell (+ Green or some other minor asset) trade for a rotation wing or PG coming, my opinion will change, and maybe significantly. 

In lieu of that, I’m going to be extremely disappointed.

(07-11-2022, 04:40 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Idk man. You’ve been saying another move is coming. You say that every summer. If/when it happens, you’ll claim victory. If/when it doesn’t, you’ll say it wasn’t needed. 

Tear my opinions down if it makes you feel better, but I stick by what I think, and I don’t change my narrative later. I admit when I was wrong, but I feel I’ve been right about a lot of what I’ve written these past few years.

(07-11-2022, 05:39 PM)Kammrath Wrote: Seriously? You think I don't stick to my opinions?

(07-11-2022, 05:39 PM)Kammrath Wrote: And this place is going to shit. I hate being on here these days. It's becoming an abyss of endless negative drivel and lack of listening like the rest of the internet.

(07-11-2022, 05:30 PM)cow Wrote: Exactly.  The only thing separating us from the Kings, Magic or Hornets is when we hit big in the draft, we hit BIG which I guess puts us above them...slightly.

(07-11-2022, 05:39 PM)Kammrath Wrote: It's becoming an abyss of endless negative drivel and lack of listening like the rest of the internet.

(07-11-2022, 05:39 PM)Kammrath Wrote: And this place is going to shit. I hate being on here these days. It's becoming an abyss of endless negative drivel and lack of listening like the rest of the internet.

(07-11-2022, 05:46 PM)IamDougieFresh Wrote: Players that get ranked above Dirk consistently above Dirk all got to play with amazing players. In 15+ years of great Dirk, Mark and Donnie got Dirk JET, TC, JJB, old Kidd, let Nash go. I don’t even want to ponder the reality we would be in if Dirk didn’t have the greatest playoff run of all time.

(07-11-2022, 05:31 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: From a skins-on-the-wall angle, from a salary angle and from a locker room angle, Powell would seem to be squarely ahead of those guys to me. I just have a hard time seeing them treat him like they treated Boban.

(07-11-2022, 05:50 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: I guess from my point of view, he plays a role for this team that has now been filled by McGee, so to think that Green or Frank is the 9th man is to believe that role is more needed than the role Powell plays (still have the 15th roster spot to fill).