07-15-2025, 07:32 AM
If Irving returns close to his old self then AD stays healthy through the playoffs and we get gradual improvement from Flagg so that he slowly becomes the guy we all hope he turns into then I think we will all be very happy the way the team is going by the time Kyrie is back playing for a week or 2. You fit in the 2 headed center plus Klay, PJ and Max plus our 4 backup point guards to allow us to rest Kyrie, damn that is a hell of a team on paper and if we see the guys who can hit 40% from 3 hitting it from 3 that is the goal we must reach. All we have left to do is maximize our summers bounty by finding new homes for the bottom of our bench so we can take advantage of guys getting cut and or bought out or offered in trades and who knows what by the TDL. The weird offseason we just had to watch has me ready for some basketball and seeing what kind of team we have now. Are we going to still be more of a playoff team than a regular season dominator like OKC or are are the mavs going to evolve into something new and different? If they find new homes for Hardy OMax Powell and Martin who will they bring in? Which old veteran is going to retire first from our group of older guys? How do we plan ahead to replace that guy in the rotation?