You’re now the Mavs’ GM. What are you going to build?

[mvossman]

You need an option D for the two window approach. This coming season is for assessment. How good is Flagg going to be in the near term. Does Kyrie come back completely healthy. Can they make a nearly all frontcourt lineup work? If you think they are that one piece away from being a contender, you pull the trigger for a Jrue Holiday player (Jrue himself is too old to play this role anymore).

After that short two to three year window, you slowly build around Flagg for a second window. This process will be long and painful as there will be limited assets.

This is predicated on the assumption that Flagg turns into a top 10 NBA player. If that does not happen, then this franchise is screwed for the foreseeable future.