What would you have done as GM that would have gotten you an A+ this off-season?

[soog]

Mavs clearly identified biggest need - a good two way guard who can create. There were three of those - CP3, Conley, Lowry. Mavs were not able to convince any of them it makes sense playing next to arguably top 5 player in the world. They even doubled down on that - they failed to add any secondary ball handler. It is easy to say those other guys wanted to be elsewhere. But sorry, that is the whole point of recruitment. Convince them it is better to be in Dallas. That is their job. Mavs doubled down on FA and failed miserably again. That is why it is difficult to make alternative plan - the plan was to go FA way, there were really no alternatives but to be successful in FA. Alternatives were 2 or 3 seasons ago. 

Mavs are basically running it back. They didn't show improved ability to recruit and (so far) showed zero cap creativity. If I am being very harsh, they are fooling Luka, fans and themselves that adding a couple of role players will make them contenders. This offseason is just another in a row of more of the same.

If Mavs really couldn't convince top guys to play in Dallas, it would make more sense to replenish asset base imho. Instead of fooling ourselves that running it back will suddenly make us a contender, grabbing some assets would make sense. Cap space is gone and trades are the only way to improve from now on. 




Could you please explain why do you think this was such an achievement? What did Mavs gain by offloading him? They didn't use the cap space and (so far) didn't use the TE. One would think there was a plan behind his trade, but doesn't look so. All other moves could be done with JRich on the roster. This feels like last season - dumping Wright at any cost, no matter what we get back. Like he was the reason for Mavs (bad) results. With the main difference - JRich is expiring, Wright was not, so JRich was much easier to trade.

I was really hoping for a different conversation with this thread than the same old “MBT is awful” some people keep espousing