06-19-2024, 10:26 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-19-2024, 10:26 AM by dirkfansince1998.)
(06-19-2024, 10:13 AM)Mavs2021 Wrote: Didn´t know we had such a thing.
Yes on paper he is a shot creator/playmaker, but what if the other team just plays five metres off him in the play-offs. Then you have a Giddey/Rondo situation. I don´t gamble multiple 1st round picks on somebody that might be as playable as Josh Giddey, but has a vastly different public perception right now. You generate value by taking on players at low points (like Washington or Gafford), not when Avdija is considered the best prospect on an awful team with no urgency to trade that player.
Without some kind of adjustment on offense nothing the Mavs will do in free agency is going to matter. Luka carried the team further than Harden ever did but at some point you run into a team with multiple great perimeter defenders that will limit the efficiency of iso scorers. Just adding more guys that play the same style isn't going to change that.
In a perfect scenario I would prefer a guy that could do all of that and also shoot from 40% from three but the Mavs aren't in a position to go after bigger names. I think Avdija is already a reach. Probably not within the Mavs price range.