Are you satisfied with the offseason (so far)

[Scott41theMavs]

Yes, No, Maybe.

A lot depends on what their strategies are for next season. If it´s another win at all costs season with a rotation of

Doncic 30/Curry 18
Irving 30/Hardy 18
Green 18/ THJ 30
Williams 24/Kleber 24
Powell 24/Holmes 24

....and ends with a 7-10 seed, then not much has been achieved this off-season. 

If Hardy, Green, Williams get 20+ MPG and Omax/Lively each get 10+ MPG, while we finish 7-10 seed, this was a great off-season.

Basically the strategy needs to fit the summer, too. Imho the strategy should be to invest minutes into the younger players early to accelerate their development and simply let it play out.

Don´t get pressured into any stupid all-in moves, if they are not there anymore this summer, then go get 1-2 young veteran that possibly need an opportunity to shine. Could be trade assets in six months.

OMax has the skills to be a rotational player already, as in, top 8 minutes on the team. I would be stunned and disappointed if he isn't a starter by the time the playoffs roll around.

I know everyone loves Hardy, but I think his ceiling is as a Jordan Clarkson type player. He's the microwave off the bench. I understand that that's people's presumption of his role this year already (presuming we trade THJ), but this is a guy who is never going to start for a good team. Green needs to become a lot more aggressive offensively and even improve a bit on D. 

As for the offseason as a whole, given where we were at game 80 of last season - rotten roster and no assets - I don't see how anyone can bitch about the direction and the results. I understand that it doesn't fit the parameters of "win now" for a guy like omahen who is concerned about losing Luka. I hope that someone had the guts to bring Luka in at the end of last season and say, "Hey, look, man, we have done a terrible job of building around you since we drafted you, and we really put ourselves in a bind assets-wise. Please forgive us. Mark is going to back off and we're going to bring in this guy Lindsay, who is a smart team builder, to help us. Thing is, it's going to take a couple of years, and we need you to be patient with us. The way to improve in this new CBA era isn't to bring in some third max player next to you and Kai, but to go young, and that's going to take a year or two to pan out. Please trust the process."