(06-06-2021, 07:02 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: Someone should tell Luka that may not be the best strategy.

(06-06-2021, 07:06 PM)cow Wrote: And for the final time, our Seth Curry trade was atrocious.  

(06-06-2021, 07:24 PM)SwisherPrice Wrote: Seth for JRich was a big miss. And giving big money to Danny Green, Pat Beverley, or Jae Crowder would have been bad too considering the other holes this team would still have. Yes, the defense has been bad the last 2 years and needs to improve. But no way am I sacrificing offensive talent for defense right now. Improving the overall defense will require years and years of roster re-shaping. We have to be patient there. 

So let's keep that in mind as we consider potential signings and trades. There are some good defensive guys out there but if the offense doesn't get better, we could see their defensive impact be limited.

(06-06-2021, 06:49 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: That is really depressing but also true.   It is one of my two biggest disappointments. We really need to ask some uncomfortable questions why our assets are mostly distressed three years of the Luka era.   Not only do we know we need to update our starting talent, but the guys they have invested in the past two years have also really regressed in the past series.

The other for me is we are two years into the KP era and I feel like there was no progress this year.  Nothing was built of last year of finding areas on the court where he is comfortable and then building secondary moves off that.    I felt like we haven't even tried mostly as thinking of him as our second best player.   If he is a fit here for a year, 5 years or 10  years, you would think you would put in the best situation and not limit him to 7 shots in a playoff game.    Are you telling me no one else can get a really good player out of him?   Injuries and personality may always be a problem, but they are setting themselves up to fail if that is how they use him.  

Both of the above really disappoints me.

(06-06-2021, 07:24 PM)SwisherPrice Wrote: Seth for JRich was a big miss. And giving big money to Danny Green, Pat Beverley, or Jae Crowder would have been bad too considering the other holes this team would still have. Yes, the defense has been bad the last 2 years and needs to improve. But no way am I sacrificing offensive talent for defense right now. Improving the overall defense will require years and years of roster re-shaping. We have to be patient there. 

So let's keep that in mind as we consider potential signings and trades. There are some good defensive guys out there but if the offense doesn't get better, we could see their defensive impact be limited.

(06-06-2021, 05:42 PM)omahen Wrote: I didn't say that...

(06-06-2021, 07:39 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: Biggest need is someone on roster who can get his own shot with better measurables than Fred Sanford.

(06-06-2021, 07:34 PM)burekemde Wrote: Who has regressed. KP.

(06-06-2021, 08:08 PM)cjeter24 Wrote: Turner

(06-06-2021, 08:23 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: Please tell me we’re gunning for Turner.

(06-06-2021, 08:10 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: If I were running this team, there would be a lot I'd want to do with the roster right now, but adding a potential DPOY at center would be pretty damn high on my list.

(06-06-2021, 08:25 PM)Tunesquad23 Wrote: They should pursue him & Mitchell Robinson.

(06-06-2021, 06:25 PM)omahen Wrote: So the season is over and it is obvious a retool of the team is needed. However, that is easier said than done for multiple reasons. 

1. Running it back makes little sense. A MLE level guy is not enough to transfer this team into a contender. 
2. 34 mil of cap space by renouncing THJ, JRich, WCS, Redick, Melli and Bobi is not enough to really build a better team using just cap space, since top free agents resigned with their teams long ago. If we could add an elderly statesmen like Lowry and keep team as it is it would be great, but there is not enough cap space.
3. Mavs have quite successfully tanked values of everyone not named Luka other than perhaps DFS (realistically 5th starter on a contender) and THJ (realistically 6th man). Playoff Brunson showed he is hardly more than back-up PG at this stage, trade value of rookies is close to zero, Maxi had a horrible offseason, JRich had a bad season, Powell is way overpaid and Burke is a vet min guy. And then of course there is the KP situation.

There are so many things this team needs, basically players who can shoot, defend and put the ball on the floor. Players who can pull the wagon on Luka off or rest nights. 

There are a gazillion ways to improve the team, but MBT will really have to be creative to improve the team in the short term. Or perhaps we will just need to be more patient. Add FA with most upside (probably Collins) and build the supporting cast over next two seasons.

(06-06-2021, 07:29 PM)cow Wrote: I think Crowder just wanted years but we had to be cute with preserving future cap space.  He was great for the Suns in their closeout game against the Lakers.  That's my long winded way of saying, I wouldn't have hated to have him on the team for the Clippers Series.  

Agree with you on the defensive rebuild but we really need to get a big who is a vacuum on the boards and someone that can be a semblance of secondary playmaking.  Both of these things to help take pressure off of Luka for having to do everything out there.  He's just worn out by the time the 4th quarters roll around.