Change has to come from Cuban

[omahen]

Mavs are bad. Mavs are not even a joke, it is worse. They are dysfunctional. And I said two summers ago - the only way to show the league that you are serious about cleaning the dysfunctions is to hire a name so big, that no one would doubt otherwise. Someone like Masai, Ainge or similar. But Cuban hired a nobody and everything stayed exactly the same. Cuban still has his circle of trust that he listens to and he makes the final decision. Only the names have changed a bit. He might choose to listen to Nico for a while, but who knows how long that will last. 

Cuban is also last person to set an example to a young man growing up what controlled and responsible behaviour looks like. He is acting like a fan with his blinds on, often behaving like a child, so go figure why Luka can't figure it out what is right and what is wrong. Who is the one person on Mavs that has a huge history of complaining about the refs? A serious GM would start by removing Cuban from the bench midgame - he has nothing to do there. I totally agree Luka needs a serious figure he will respect and listen to. That is why I was very much in favour of Lowry - despite some of his limitations and his age. His leadership could be invaluable, he could be our CP3. People arfe expecting that a 20 something guy will be the most mature man on the team. Not going to happen.

I don't believe Luka would actively sabotage a play. I find it far more likely the play is simply give the ball to Luka and lets hope he can do something. Look at the last play, there was never a plan to do anything else but pass the ball to Luka. No screens for any other guy to become wide open. No movement from other guys, just watching Luka. Bertans was in one corner, Bullock in the other one, both checked. Green was setting a screen for Luka than ran to the same corner Bullock was in allowing Hyland to check DFS. Luka received ball nearly halfcourt. He could try driving against two defenders and it would very likely not be enough time for a pass and shot or he would have to try a very heavily guarded midranger. So he decided to just hoist a three. 

And as a final word - losing Brunson was the ultimate sign for me, that Mavs are not capable of building a contender. If you allow yourself to get to a situation where the only option is to pay the guy, you do it. Unless money is more important than winning.