MacMahon: Mavs to explore trade market for Davis, „plotting to pivot to the future“

[BigDirk41]

Pre-Luka trade. And pre-Grimes trade we had a chance for the finals.  We've had OKC's number.  We make the finals, we're beating Indiana. That could have been a lost championship because of that stupid trade. Both stupid trades.

Post-Luka/Grimes trades with a healthy Kyrie, AD, Lively.  I believe they could have made it to the West Finals. Do they beat OKC? Again, we had their number.  Add in the size of AD, Gafford, Lively, PJ.  It really disrupts OKC.  We had Max, Naji, Exum to guard (pick up fouls) on Shai.  Nuggets took them to 7 games, they were not unbeatable.

I agree that we had a legit chance to win the title last year had Nico not outsmarted the entire NBA. Not going to dwell on it, but I agree. Playoff Luka is just a different animal and the best player on the court wins most series when teams are pretty even.