02-16-2025, 01:40 AM
If the team can finally be healthy with everyone around there's a good chance they'd win it all.
On paper, it looks to me that way.
AD along with a healthy Lively and Gafford is a menacing frontline.
But I can never trust AD to be healthy, or Kidd to be good enough to win the coaching battle at the higher levels, or even Kyrie not to be shut-down.
AND even if they WIN the championship, sure I'd be happy for them, but it's not going to feel the same. It would feel like buying a trophy than actually winning one.
Now as to when I think Mavs fans could move and be Mav fans again, a combo of things need to happen:
1. New ownership needs to happen, I can't support a team with that Dumont guy as the boss.
2. Nico needs to go.
3. Mavs need a home-run pick (doesn't need to be a generational Luka type of talent, or even Dirk's -- just a Josh Howard type of draft pick to get me excited about, and I'm pretty sure I'd be having unrealistic expectations and would be rooting for the new guy and the Mavs regardless if that new guy isn't really good enough to be a franchise player.
On paper, it looks to me that way.
AD along with a healthy Lively and Gafford is a menacing frontline.
But I can never trust AD to be healthy, or Kidd to be good enough to win the coaching battle at the higher levels, or even Kyrie not to be shut-down.
AND even if they WIN the championship, sure I'd be happy for them, but it's not going to feel the same. It would feel like buying a trophy than actually winning one.
Now as to when I think Mavs fans could move and be Mav fans again, a combo of things need to happen:
1. New ownership needs to happen, I can't support a team with that Dumont guy as the boss.
2. Nico needs to go.
3. Mavs need a home-run pick (doesn't need to be a generational Luka type of talent, or even Dirk's -- just a Josh Howard type of draft pick to get me excited about, and I'm pretty sure I'd be having unrealistic expectations and would be rooting for the new guy and the Mavs regardless if that new guy isn't really good enough to be a franchise player.