04-22-2025, 02:35 AM
(04-21-2025, 07:52 PM)khaled1987 Wrote: A contender has a bit of wide range of definition.
You reach conference finals and you can call yourself a contender. After all you were one of the last 4 teams standing.
But it could be like 2019 Portland who beats poor OKC, young Denver and boom, you are in the WCF. But no one took them seriously as a contender.
A full healthy Mavs can be that team if we are being fair. They can a team that could get a couple of favourable series.
It us what we as a fans prefer to call "pretender".
The thing is, we were a true contender. Undeniably the 2nd best team last year, and improved our roster. We traded that for a chance to be pretender.
Yes, well said. Agree.