Mavs 107, Kings 121

[omahen]

Are they right?

Thanks for posting. I would agree with the points. Of course there are problems and of course the team is dealing with them. I don't take those problems as alarming as some others here, just a normal stuff under conditions of a very, very special and difficult season that every team is dealing with. It is difficult and basically unfair to judge about inteam stuff, as I have extremely limited information. And I think making a big deal out of something I basically have no idea is not helping the team.

One thing that bothers me. Media in majority thought 2019 and 2020 offseasons were great. I am not sure what Followill offseason grades were, but in majority we could read stuff like - sometimes doing nothing is best and similar. Same with Cato the other day. Unfortunatelly The Athletic doesn't have an archive longer then 1 year but I am pretty sure Cato was giving great grades for 2019 Mavs offseason. Sorry, but those media guys can't change their stance now and start puting all the blame on front office. It just seems hypocrisy to me.

I always claimed 2019 offseason was a disaster. You can't have max cap space and then claim it was a success because you didn't waste it by overpaying some guys. Guess what, turnes out they did waste it. Totally. It was a disaster as they were unable to execute their plans. Kemba thing, Miami trade thing, Danny Green thing, before even mentioning all other missed opportunities (Warren, Iggy,...) where they either didn't try it or other teams have been more successful. Miami who was in cap hell in 2019 managed to sign Jimmy Butler! Utah which is perhaps even less attractive destination than Dallas brought in Bogdanovic which would be basically exactly the player Mavs need next to Luka. Indy traded for Brogdon (and it didn't take much) which would again fit very nicely with Mavs. 

I can totally understand things don't always go according to plan. Things happen. But what I will never accept is that failed execution of a plan is marked as success, because they didn't do something stupid afterwards. It is not a success, it is denial. You can't improve operating like that. They had 30 mil of cap space and they did absolutely nothing with it. Trading Barnes for Jackson was a fail. Bringing Wright was a fail. Not bringing anyone else for that cap space was a fail. Not selling that cap space was a fail. I just don't see any positive in 2019 offseason.

I was ok with 2020 offseason. I totally agree that Mavs needed to improve defense and Curry would not work as a starting SG on our team. Richardson is a starter and you have to give something to get something. As someone posted yesterday - Mavs demand about non Luka/KP positions are so extemeely specific and high that it takes a really good player to fill the need. Personally I was promoting trades for better players using draft picks as assets but I can support the decision of drafting rookies. However, I always claimed - if you go this way, than you have to trust and develop those guys. You have to give them playing minutes. Because this is the path you chose. Mavs failed that and the value of those draft assets is probably close to zero now. I just hope they stick them in rotation next season.