MAVERICKS 110, HEAT 125

[mavsluvr]

I see the issue different than you guys.

We have to many guys that are not offensively versatile. We have a ton of 3 and D guys but very few guys other than Luka that can play in ISO or with their back to the basket or even set other guys up to score. 

We have roughly only 2 true multi dimensional offensive guys on this team. 

One of the reasons I want Ben Simmons is because he cannot shoot which is fine we have shooters but we have very few guys that can play make and get into the paint other than Luka. 


The Mavericks are going to be a lottery team if they do not fix it. This double team Luka stuff is going to continue.

The visceral takeaway for me from this game was just the reality check of watching a really good team calling attention to the fact that our roster just isn't good enough to compete with the best. I realize we already suspected that, but this match just left no doubt. 

Looking at all of Miami's versatile, high-quality weapons on both ends of the court, it just brought home that there is only so far that coaching schemes and player improvements on the margin can take the Mavs. If they truly want to compete for a championship, they are in desperate need of better players. Plural. They're not one piece away. As I saw it, anyway. 

I think the evidence tends to support the theory that Cuban either (1) is pretty okay with having a good, fun, reasonably priced team that fans come to watch but isn't really built to be a contender, or possibly more likely, (2) would prefer to build a championship team, but does not know how to do that and doesn't even know that he doesn't know.

I don't think this roster is in serious danger of becoming a lottery team, in the absence of some kind of horrible injury luck. But I think they are almost as far from being a contender as they are from being a lottery team. Hopefully, either I will be proved wrong, or the front office will somehow stumble into some lucky breaks improving the roster. They're due!