12-21-2021, 12:05 AM
(12-20-2021, 11:23 PM)cow Wrote: Agreed on the want to. Agreed on the evaluation of talent versus dollars. I'm not sure if that's going to get better.
Seems like the MBT to of old had pretty negative relationships with a lot of other front offices throughout the league. And in free agency, they had problems even getting their foot in the door. I don't expect Nico to fix that over night but I do believe he's the correct person to start turning those weaknesses around.
Hindsight and all but a better front office never would have traded for KP, especially with the shape of the roster. KP was really expensive factoring in what we gave up and that we had to pay him sight unseen after that major injury which looks like an overpay. The "Mavs special" is compounding that problem with the THJ overpay this past summer. I guess it is par for the course for Cuban's impatience.
They should have just let Luka lead bad teams for a few years to try and hit on a few picks (problematic in its' own right) and then gone big game hunting when you had a full compliment of draft picks and young talent. As it stands now, it looks like we'll need to be bad in year 4-7 of the Luka Doncic era rather than taking it on the chin in his first few years. And we will still have the same questions around the Mavs drafting abilities. I don't really know if Nico can improve that facet either.
This is my take as well.
Regardless of Mavs drafting resume.
Regardless of hit/miss rate for NBA teams at top/middle/back of draft...first or second round.
Regardless of if this Org is built to develop talent or not.
Regardless of the "Luka effect" not allowing you to tank properly.
Regardless of rookie learning curve.