Building Around Cooper: A Backward-Looking Thought Experiment

[F Gump]

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.

Yes I am focused on what to do now, and have very little interest in assessing what moves they will have to make in 2027, 2028, and so on. Why? Because we just don't know what it will look like when we get there. Some parts of the team will look WAY different to us in a year, and we don't know what those developments will be. Some may be awful changes, but some may be great positives. 

Whatever they are, it will change what needs to be done down the road. Ya don't know what ya don't know.