12-20-2025, 12:04 PM
(12-20-2025, 12:02 AM)windjc Wrote: How good will the Mavs be next year with an All-NBA Flagg, AD, and a fully recovered Kyrie?
Answer = better than the Championship runners-up Mavs team. The team can absolutely win the Championship next year if the Thunder somehow get some issues around a three-peat.
You don’t blow up a team that can/will be that good. Take your pick at number 15-20 or whatever and draft another All-Star. There’s always at least one around there or later every year. You have to draft a “him”’every time you draft if you want to be competitive with the Thunder.
It’s not about tanking or anything like that, it’s just a complete non starter to extend AD and put yourself in permanent Apron Hell while trying to build around Flagg. That’s malpractice. AD leaving soon is inevitable. For the Mavs, it’s just about maximizing what you can get for him and timing.