02-05-2026, 01:23 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-05-2026, 01:24 PM by Scott41theMavs.)
(02-05-2026, 01:00 PM)F Gump Wrote: I am very skeptical whether he (and the others) get minutes at all, to any degree. Do they REALLY want to detour from the CF Learning Process to a clown show, featuring players who won't be here for long as a carnival to sell a few extra tickets? I just don't see that happening AT ALL.
In addition, as it stands now, don't we expect that 2 of these players will be waived by the end of the month, to open up roster spots for Nemby and Cisse? I don't know which 2 - KM is probably one, just as a courtesy, even though he's probably the best player of the 4.
One final point. I don't think ANY of these other 3 will have anything of value to offer. These other 3 were WAS's dregs, and that is a really bad team. If they had any talent, someone else would have been to DAL instead.
I would strongly disagree with the bolded. A real "CF Learning Process" would include learning how to win, which would produce wins. Every single win, without exception, in the 32 remaining games this season will be a hatchet to the trunk of the team's future which will make us all hold our breath and hope it doesn't kill it. This upcoming lottery is the most important moment in Cooper Flagg's Dallas Mavericks future to a simply colossal degree. They aren't going to prioritize a win-producing CF learning curve over that. Damn straight that two of Bagley, Branham, and AJ will play big minutes. Unless there's another trade today for the Mavs in the next 2.5 hours.