I'm out on the 2023-24 season ....

[mvossman]

I think the correct answer is to get a different owner than Cuban. Someone who does not meddle or try to build the team according to his belief of what a contending roster should look like, cause Cuban's vision of that sucks.

Or... the Adelson/Dumont family should step in and hire a competent GM (like Rob Pelinka), and insist that Cuban stays completely out of his way. Rob Pelinka would be an amazing get for this team, to be honest, as valuable as drafting Luka.

Then they need to start building a proper scouting, video and analytics department, and coaching staff. Please don't tell me that the Mavs have proper versions of any of these... they simply don't. The LA Lakers are great at those things... and that is why trades and other stuff keep "falling into their lap", as some like to say. The Lakers aren't the only Cali/LA based team, so it's not location. They make their own luck because they're good at what they do. On the other hand, the Mavs have always been winging it but pretending to be smarter than they are, like Cuban, a chip of the old block, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. And that is why NOTHING has fallen into the Mavs' laps for years and years. Except for that one time in band camp when they got super fortunate and the Hawks decided to trade Luka for a midget.

I feel like this was a lot stronger argument a year ago.  This last offseason was the most un-Cuban we have had in many years.  Instead of sending the pick out for a win now veteran, we manage to get an almost day 1 starter in the draft.  We actually leveraged a TPE!  We took on bad salary for an asset!  These are things this FO never used to do.  We made multiple low cost signings, either for vets we knew (Curry, Powell) or guys with upside (Exum, DJJ).  I want to see if this kind of stuff continues.  Before last offseason almost anything would be better, now I am not so sure.