06-08-2026, 03:56 PM
(06-08-2026, 03:04 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: So you'd have him higher on "that list." That's my point, basically.
IF, as I've recently been led to believe, Burries is an on-ball guy, always has been, and probably will be at the next level, then he'd be higher on the list for me, too. IF he's going to be a better version of Christie, even a much better version, then give me the upside swing on Ament. And either scenario assumes Burries is still there at #9. Just because we haven't seen many (if any) mocks that don't have him available there doesn't mean it's a forgone conclusion.
I am ok with anyone's evaluation/ranking of these guys, especially those making decisions for the Mavs. Where I'm tempted to grab my knife and start blindly stabbing is when I read opinions that suggest targeting guys who clearly don't bring overt offensive initiation value to the table. It's like we've all been watching a different Mavs team this past year and a half.
As I have said many times, I have a lot of trust in the current FO and their competence. Whatever they do in this draft may not be what I would do, but they have the skins on the wall that display their competence, and I will wait and see how things turn out.
But in the case of them picking Ament, that will be a very tough one. It's not just that I see him as a major reach at 9 (and perhaps not the best use of this very valuable-to-the-Mavs asset if they trade down and draft him later). It's that he is a long-game pick who will take a very long time to become whatever they believe he will be, and several years of growing pains and hand-wringing by us fans until he gets there. Please, Masai and Schmitz, don't do that to us unless you truly believe he's the next Durant.