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Flashes. All you want to see from a late round rookie is flashes. Anyone that thinks he’ll be some ROY candidate is just being a super fan. I hope those of us on the board can see it for what it is and give the kid some leeway. Same for Morez. Same for Tarik. None of these guys are likely saviors. Time! Patience.

I went into last year saying I just wanted to enjoy watching basketball again and be entertained.  Well, last year was awful.   There were a few brief moments of pure bliss with Cooper but the rest was just brutal.   Most here were rooting for the Mavs to lose every game and the season was such a grind.   

I would be fine if the Mavs skipped ahead a few steps on their rebuild, but if it doesn't all come together right away.  I would like to just enjoy watching basketball again and be fun.   It would also be nice to have other teams try to play well to beat you.    I think my hope for the season is we leave this year with a interesting, nice young core around Cooper.   Hopefully that is Morez, Lively (although it looks like he may not still be fully cleared working out as he has not been showed by the Mavs working out), Risacher, Sergio, Max...etc.  A few of these may or may not pan out.   Having a start of a young core with also solid players in the mid to late 20's playing well would be an added bonus.  Then you have Kyrie.    The start of a young core would give the organization a lot of optionality to see if they can turbo charge this rebuild over the next year or two.