MAVS NEWS:

[Smitty]

I get what you're saying, but in that model, at least one of those "wings" or whateveryawannacallem absolutely has to have creational ability, whatever traditional position or number you'd want to assign them. Cooper is the only guy they have right now with sufficient dollops of that, and news flash, he can't play 48 mpg. With the POINTs (Kyrie, Sasser, Sergio), in 2026, ideally those players have both creational and playmaking (aka creating shots for others) abilities. Kyrie is a great creator and a decent playmaker. Sasser is a lesser version of a similar model. Sergio looks to be an extremely talented (tho not NBA-experienced) playmaker, while needing a large amount of work to become a serviceable creator. I honestly view him at this stage of his career as a shooting guard who happens to be more of a facilitator than a creator.

Point being, if the Mavs want to play .500 ball or better this year, and have ambitions toward that, they need another creator at the wing, or another creator/playmaker at the one. Ergo, there's still a hole, and still more roster work to do than simply opening up slots, so I would very strongly disagree with the point you're making.

They will always need “something”, at least until it’s a championship team. 29 other teams are in the same boat every year. Baby steps. It’s a process.