(08-18-2025, 11:06 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: this is a small thing but did the Mavs make any PR response to the assistants who moved on?   It is just the simple stuff that they don't do.  A quick Instagram post thanking people leaving the organization.  Have Kidd say something or get Nico to make a comment.   I just want them to be nice to people.    Maybe they are, but it certainly seems like there are a lot of loose ends.

(08-18-2025, 11:38 AM)mvossman Wrote: Given how they handled the Luka trade, I feel like the "nice to people" ship has sailed.

(08-18-2025, 11:57 AM)Chicagojk Wrote:  
I know.   It is just simple stuff.  Just give an appreciation post.    Show some sympathy.    Give the fans a bone.

I know they want to keep things low.  The Knicks GM never gives press conferences.    The Oklahoma City GM does two a year...that is it.

But Dallas is in a different spot.   They need healing.    Your plan just can''t be to wait until the fans see the team on the court.  What happens if they are bad again? Give a human face to the front office.

(08-18-2025, 05:24 PM)david75090 Wrote: There are those, out there, beginning to see Nico's vision, and those who aren't.

(08-17-2025, 06:02 PM)F Gump Wrote: I think Garnett was the worst, as well as the first, of those awful 1st-round selections by the Mavs, especially since he was such a high pick and it was a young team with lots of minutes available to a player who could play decently.

(08-18-2025, 09:02 PM)RasheedsBigWhiteSpot Wrote: Could not disagree more. To determine a picks success relative to history you have to measure it against the rest of the picks. Yes, Garrnett sucked, but beyond the first three picks, that draft was BRUTAL 

The worst choice in Mavericks' history is Samaki Walker. Period. And it begins and ends with the biggest hack in Mavs' history: Keith Grant.  

First, in the 1996 Draft, he traded down from the 6th pick to the 9th.with Boston. At the time it was considered a top 5 to 6 player draft. So what did he get? Oh, just Eric Montross while also trading away an unprotected 1997 1st in what everyone knew was the Tim Duncan's senior year draft that everyone was talking for. Can you imagine a team that hasn't been in playoffs in a decade trading away an unprotected 1st in Wemby draft so they can receive Janes Wiseman?

And the Mavs could've stayed at 6 and taken the PF Antoine Walker they needed for years. Walker was a solid piece his his first 5-6 years.

Yeah, they also could've picked Kobe or Nash, but I'm not gonna expect a blind squirrel hack like Grant to find golden chestnuts like them.  But if he had a hard on for a center, he could've, at  the least, traded down and then traded for Vlade, who was a badass in the WC for years.

Funny, Grant did the Cherokee pick too.  If you think I'm being Hard on him, seriously, look at tenure. The guy basically worked his was up from the team's janitor, only to finally get his dream job and then basically take a massive s--- in the huge 10 gallon hat on center court.

(08-18-2025, 09:02 PM)RasheedsBigWhiteSpot Wrote: Could not disagree more. To determine a picks success relative to history you have to measure it against the rest of the picks. Yes, Garrnett sucked, but beyond the first three picks, that draft was BRUTAL 

The worst choice in Mavericks' history is Samaki Walker. Period. And it begins and ends with the biggest hack in Mavs' history: Keith Grant.  

First, in the 1996 Draft, he traded down from the 6th pick to the 9th.with Boston. At the time it was considered a top 5 to 6 player draft. So what did he get? Oh, just Eric Montross while also trading away an unprotected 1997 1st in what everyone knew was the Tim Duncan's senior year draft that everyone was talking for. Can you imagine a team that hasn't been in playoffs in a decade trading away an unprotected 1st in Wemby draft so they can receive Janes Wiseman?

And the Mavs could've stayed at 6 and taken the PF Antoine Walker they needed for years. Walker was a solid piece his his first 5-6 years.

Yeah, they also could've picked Kobe or Nash, but I'm not gonna expect a blind squirrel hack like Grant to find golden chestnuts like them.  But if he had a hard on for a center, he could've, at  the least, traded down and then traded for Vlade, who was a badass in the WC for years.

Funny, Grant did the Cherokee pick too.  If you think I'm being Hard on him, seriously, look at tenure. The guy basically worked his was up from the team's janitor, only to finally get his dream job and then basically take a massive s--- in the huge 10 gallon hat on center court.

(08-20-2025, 05:34 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: No wonder Mavs were always a mess in free agency?  Trade for paul Pierce?  Trade for Kobe?  Has talked about shaq in the past.  I don’t trust anything make is saying.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/s2w49NACXF

(08-21-2025, 10:19 AM)michaeltex Wrote: Couple of unrelated questions for the summer doldrums...

Is there a countdown clock on getting PJW's new contract (or extension?) done? They got Gafford done, but I haven't felt any urgency on getting PJW nailed down.

I was reading an article about how some of the recent player rankings (including NBA2K26!?) should help motivate AD to exert his dominance in the coming season. The article stated that AD was the "unquestioned" leader with Luka gone and Kyrie out until 2026. He can be a dominant player, but I have never really viewed AD as a leader. Do you agree with this statement? If not AD, who takes on that role?

(08-20-2025, 12:40 AM)SkenfromLMF Wrote: From the perspective of player we should have drafted: Give me the Detlef Schrempf draft. Schrempf was a heck of a player, but he and Dale Ellis simply NEVER could get minutes on that team.
I acknowledge the question of whether Karl Malone would have been the player he became if he did not have the Dallas chip on his shoulder. But the '85 draft is a colossal bust. THE deepest draft in NBA history...

(08-22-2025, 06:43 PM)RasheedsBigWhiteSpot Wrote: As much as Karl Malone might have been a Hall of Fame talent, I'll never regret not taking him considering he r-aped and impregnated a 12 year old girl when he was 20.  And, then,  to refuse to support or even acknowledge the son, makes Karl a Hall of Fame POS.

(08-23-2025, 07:58 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: Lets talk ring culture.  I was thinking what a third title would mean for KD.   Would that make him a top 10 player ever?  Is he already there?  He has two championships  and was probably the best player on those teams, but those were Steph's teams.

With that I was thinking what titles would mean to the Mavs veterans.  AD has one.   He is a top 75 player ever.   Would a second title put him in the Dirk range?  That sounds too high, but would he be in the top 50?