11-19-2025, 05:02 PM
(11-17-2025, 12:24 PM)Smitty Wrote: Probably not a popular opinion, with the tank crowd revved up, but I always thought the plan was to stay somewhere around 5 games under .500 until Kyrie could make it back. Obviously, anything better was ideal, if Davis could stay healthy and carry the load. IF the return date for Kyrie is around 1 JAN, is it still okay to root for the Mavs to win?!
Could the plan be to keep Davis and see if it works? Him and Kyrie have played one half of basketball together. Personally, I want Davis traded for an impactful guard, but maybe the goal is to use Gafford for that and actually play 48 minutes of Davis/Lively as the lone Big.
Still, those two are always on the injury report, so it's a bad long-term plan. I could see the Mavs FO wanting to go that direction is all. I have seen ZERO evidence that the Mavs themselves are on team tank. Until then, I'm still going to root for wins... Sigh.
Mark Cuban says that the Dallas Mavericks will NOT trade Anthony Davis this season, per @joevardon
“We won’t. We want to try to win.”
Could be posturing or it could be what I posted here.