MAVS 107, BULLS 117

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Dang. How did I skip DeRozan?  Love the midrange game and he is one of the few in the league still adept at it.   The off-season was a disaster due to all the front office change and turmoil. Plus Cuban seems to have got Nico and Kidd in to hit a home run in FA. The real need instead of wasting another decade trying to hit a home run is a GM who can make smart judicious moves. Especially when you are already handed something that most teams don’t have…a transcendent talent. Can Nico do that?  Did Cuban even ask him what his philosophy is?  Unfortunately we will have to wait and see because there is nothing to go on there.

I am wrong about a lot, and could be wrong about this as well.  But this offseason, I thought the Mavs had to think bigger.   I like Hardaway and think he is a good player.  Although resigning him pretty much said the Mavs were working around the edges to improve the team.   I thought they first needed to prioritize about adding talent before worrying about improving on the edges.   

So my mantra all offseason was I would not be giving a good offseason grade if they tried to improve around the edges.   I would have targeted Derozan (In fact, I would have tried to sell both Derozan and Lowry, although looking back that probably wasn't in the cards or $ feasible).   I would have then went after a top 3 and D wing (Batum, Danny Green, etc).  And then use the rest of the money for a 4/5 big man who provides some toughness and ideally could score inside if needed.  

Would that have been a better offseason?  I think so.  Others may disagree.