2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[Mavs2021]

I'm trying to be respectful, but I'm on vacation and had many drinks, so I apologize if I fail.  I get your constant negativity as this FO has made a lot of mistakes, but sometimes you manufacture failures that were not realistic options.  You regularly complain about our failures to sign restricted free agents (Allen, Markkanen, Collins) when there was no reasonable route to do so.  You also tend to fixate on players who (with the exception of Allen) are anywhere from bad to terrible on defense (Lavine, Randle, Markkanen, White) for a team that really needs two way players.

If the Nicks are signing Brunson, they are not giving up Randle and the Mavs are not taking Fouriner.  I don't see a convoluted trade for Coby White either.  The suggestion that he might be better than Brunson in a couple years seems crazy.  He is one of the worst defenders in the NBA and that does matter.

I don't see the Mavs going after Lavine, Beal or Irving.  This is not the time for that kind of move, and none of those guys are the two player that we need to spend all of our assets on.  

I do like your idea to go after Harris.  A good tax MLE target.

There were reasonable routes to sign Collins and Markkanen. Neither the Bulls or Hawks wanted to-resign these players, so if you pushed the envelope, you could have gotten them. We had the outright capspace to sign Markkanen away from the Bulls. We were one trade away from offering Collins the max, which we know the Hawks would very likely not have matched. Or worked out a S&T. Mavs simply preferred to retain THJ over these players.

If you are so fixated on the idea of only getting two way players, why are we re-signing Brunson anyway? He´s not a two-way player by your seemingly ridiculous standards.....and neither is Wood.

Of course the idea that White could be better than Brunson in three years is crazy to you, just like the idea that Brunson could be better than Lowry was crazy to you all 12 months ago or the idea that Brunson could be better than Oladipo three years ago. It´s called forward projection. Sometimes it works out sometimes it doesn´t. Facts are it took Brunson till age 25 to have a better NBA season than White, who is three years younger.

Also I bet a lot that if we lose Brunson, Cuban will do a face-saving trade and Irving is simply the best candidate for it. Wall and Westbrook don´t get you the positive press, he´ll be craving. So it´s either Lavine or Irving. Lavine is likely too expensive and the Nets are much more likely to accept a package around Dinwiddie + Kleber to get rid of that nutjob.