Game 75: DAL (36-38) @ CHA (24-51)

[Mavs2021]

The West is still wide open. There are a lot of solid teams, but I don't see any great ones. Things can change quickly with the right leadership and a few good defensive players. Everyone gets way too depressed when they have a bad run. Ironically this is exactly what they need in order to make a significant improvement to the roster.

Noboy will sign here. People need to understand that players don´t want to play for franchises with bad leadership.

Why would a ring chasing veteran sign with Dallas over Phoenix, Denver, Memphis, Clippers, Warriors, Bucks, 76ers, Celtics? How do you pay for elite defensive talent, when you have no draft assets and no capspace? How do you convince players to sign for one of the worst run franchises in the league? How does all that happen?

That is the cold hard truth that Mark Cuban can´t accept, cause again, he´s a bad owner.

The only way out of such a situation is youth. Simply put we cannot outbid any team in the league for the services of proven players due to our lack of assets. If we win a bidding war, it means we grossly overvalued the players skill (McGee) or undervalued the risks attached out of our desperation (Kyrie).

The only way out of that situation is to make educated guesses on young players with upside desperate for an opportunity. You need to nail 2-3 of those to build a contender. The way Cuban strategizes and operates that won´t happen.

Literally the only way Cuban could build a contender is getting lucky thrice in the draft and he was already at two, before he decided to let one leave for nothing, cause again, he´s a bad owner.