12-22-2025, 07:36 PM
(12-22-2025, 07:16 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: No argument.
But, look at it a different way: What odds would you give me that Kyrie/AD are the literal two best players Flagg ever has a chance to play with here in Dallas, no matter how long he plays here?
You can call it optimistic on my part to wonder if that team can be good enough, but I'd say it's more optimistic to think replacing that amount of talent is a simple matter of time or resources. Meanwhile, slight failure on staying the course might mean a couple of 50-win seasons and maybe a conference finals berth, which should help Flagg prepare for the next nucleus, in theory. Slight failure in the other direction, and we don't get a single second of meaningful basketball around here until he's halfway through his second contract, if he's even still here.
Just saying, the worry can cut both ways. I think they should A) hire a good to great GM and B) do what he thinks, given all the info available. That could end up with the team headed in a variety of directions, but what I'm pushing back against with Mvossman, specifically, is that I don't feel the need to hope for anything just because I think they'll screw up less than they might if a different direction is chosen. They'll either be a good front office or they won't. If they're not, they'll find a way to blow it.
You know, I am pretty happy Flagg gets to play with AD and Kyrie. That's pretty special no matter what the Mavs record is.
I don't believe there's 50-win season with this group, so you're right... I'm more pessimistic. Maybe if there were two other Mavs players who could shoot lights out from the perimeter, maybe if AD and Kyrie had healthy seasons, and Coop shot league average in 3s, they might get to 50 wins, but I kind of doubt it.
I'm for shuffling the deck with younger players now. That's what excites me personally. Seeing younger players develop alongside Flagg gives me more of a boost than the current makeup of this team.
I don't really know why I have trouble cheering for Anthony Davis, but I'm pretty sure it's rooted in that trade. It's like a taste in my mouth I can't get rid of.