Building Around Cooper: A Backward-Looking Thought Experiment

[KillerLeft]

I could be wrong, but I think the difference between your outlook and some of the others is timeframe.  It seems like you are focused on this upcoming offseason.  I think the Mavs will eventually need to trade for their 2/3rd best player, but I don't think it will happen this offseason.  I think it will take a couple of seasons before they can get this team where they want it.

I have no idea what a reasonable timeframe of expectations is because we don't know how great Flagg can be and how quickly, and maybe more importantly there are huge question marks in the areas of front office and now ownership, but...

...I think it's pointless to worry about how some of these players fit, skills wise or timeline wise, until the 2nd/3rd best player is identified and on the roster, OR, at least until there's someone here through whom the offense can be run. In my head, the solutions for those problems are probably the same guy, but I suppose there are ways win which they might not be. Either way, the new unspoken boundary line seems to be about how seriously we each take the last few years of Kyrie. I think that's a total non-starter, because it feels like wheel spinning to me, even in the best possible scenario. This won't be popular, but HE's probably the guy I'd look to trade next.