Mavs 107, Kings 121

[cow]

Bare with me for a moment. Entertain the idea. 

What if the lack of talent at our other 3 positions is causing the Luka/KP pairing to look much worse? We know how gravity from role players affect others on the court. It's why Luka is so valuable and why us giving away Seth for Brickerson was a massive mistake (that the Mavs are trying to fix with Redick). 

I like your though experiment but it just makes me feel even more hopeless.  We took the best signing we've had in the past two offseasons (a guy with an elite talent, who wanted to be here and took a very team friendly contract) and flipped him for a one year rental of a master-of-none type player and less than half a season of Redick, who clearly doesn't want to be here.  

So even if the other positions are a problem and gravity is effected the KP/Luka dynamic, the MBT track record of late is abysmal so I wouldn't hold my breath in that getting fixed.  Further, the highest paid player on your team should be elevating those around him and able to get his so I do reject the premise a bit, even if I think DFS/Maxi are better suited as rotational pieces rather than starters.