06-30-2025, 01:29 PM
(06-30-2025, 01:07 PM)F Gump Wrote: Having a mild issue over who plays when, and having too many good players, is going to be a real plus. Keeping from being too thin on talent, because of a hard cap and the issues it creates, is a real thing.
Eventually it is likely to end with someone who wants more minutes and players getting moved as a result, but for a season at least (until a pecking order sorts itself out), Mavs should have real depth.
And I strongly disagree with the mantra saying Kyrie will be no real factor for a year -- his type of injury from surgery to full speed gets him back way before then. I'll say it now and you guys being negative please remember -- when we get to training camp in Oct, we are likely to hear Kyrie is on the floor getting shots in. (Not in scrimmages, but very mobile and active and involved.) I had similar surgery 50 years ago (maybe worse knee injury than KI, and no doubt much worse methods then to cut on it, and better ways for recovery now), and I was playing casual games in a few months - probably unwisely, but no issue and it felt good. In 8 months I was full speed again, playing league games at 100%. Mavs won't let him take chances like I did, because too much at stake, but his timeline almost certainly should be by January or even before, giving them a half season with him (and well before the trade deadline, if that might matter).
I don't think anybody said he will be a non factor next season, but there is a lot of history of guys with that injury that come back in less than a year but don't seem to get to full 100% until a little after a year. Kyire could be different, but I don't think it prudent to assume he will back to 100% himself by the all star break, or even late in the season. We shall see.