08-24-2021, 05:31 PM
FWIW, The Athletic ranked us as the 19th best (or 11th worst) off-season
The skinny: The Mavs will move up if they wind up securing Goran Dragic. The 35-year-old is an obvious fit: His skill in scoring and passing and his friendship with fellow Slovenian Dončić would help take pressure off the 22-year-old superstar. It would be an especially good save after swinging and missing on Lowry. Carlisle’s departure, coming on the heels of Nelson’s, coming on the heels of The Athletic’s reporting on the dysfunction in the Dallas front office, made it clear the Mavericks needed a major overhaul.
Harrison, the former Nike executive who knows everyone in the game, is the new GM. He’s liked by almost everyone, and that will help in the transition, but it will still be a transition. Kidd, with a third high-profile coaching shot, brings edge, point guard expertise and expectations. You’d think he’s smart enough to not repeat the mistakes he made in Brooklyn and Milwaukee, and that Mark Cuban was smart enough not to have signed off on the hire without first clearing it with Dončić.
Bullock made 473 3s and shot 40 percent from deep the last four seasons, so he’ll fit right in with Hardaway and Maxi Kleber alongside Dončić. The Richardson deal for Seth Curry was a bust, but at least the Mavs didn’t wallow in it; we’ll see if the 21-year-old Brown is there to stay or, as rumored, he’ll ultimately be in a potential deal with Toronto for Dragic
The skinny: The Mavs will move up if they wind up securing Goran Dragic. The 35-year-old is an obvious fit: His skill in scoring and passing and his friendship with fellow Slovenian Dončić would help take pressure off the 22-year-old superstar. It would be an especially good save after swinging and missing on Lowry. Carlisle’s departure, coming on the heels of Nelson’s, coming on the heels of The Athletic’s reporting on the dysfunction in the Dallas front office, made it clear the Mavericks needed a major overhaul.
Harrison, the former Nike executive who knows everyone in the game, is the new GM. He’s liked by almost everyone, and that will help in the transition, but it will still be a transition. Kidd, with a third high-profile coaching shot, brings edge, point guard expertise and expectations. You’d think he’s smart enough to not repeat the mistakes he made in Brooklyn and Milwaukee, and that Mark Cuban was smart enough not to have signed off on the hire without first clearing it with Dončić.
Bullock made 473 3s and shot 40 percent from deep the last four seasons, so he’ll fit right in with Hardaway and Maxi Kleber alongside Dončić. The Richardson deal for Seth Curry was a bust, but at least the Mavs didn’t wallow in it; we’ll see if the 21-year-old Brown is there to stay or, as rumored, he’ll ultimately be in a potential deal with Toronto for Dragic