03-03-2022, 07:16 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-03-2022, 07:19 AM by meistermatze.)
Guys,
I thought now was the time to say it: The Mavs are a smart organization again. Look at what transpired the last couple of months:
1. Our Slovenian draft pick from a couple of years back, Luka Doncic, is almost undeniably the best player in the NBA right now. Thank god we traded Trae Young for him.
2. Our second superstar KP could not live up to his hype due to his fragile body, but the Mavs got him healthy enough to trade him and his horrible contract away.
3. In return, we got the third ball-handler we needed in Spencer Dinwiddie. The guy's also a slasher and exatcly what we need as a sparkplug from the bench.
4. Also, we got a fellow Latvian player who is even better at 3-point-shooting than KP. Bertans is a weapon... it's expensive, but when you split KP's horrible contract in two and get exatly the two players you badly needed in return, the trade is a success (plus KP is still injured).
6. Not to mention our second best player, JB, whom we drafted and developed to this level of play.
7. Of course Dodo, whom we drafted and developed way back as our heart of the team and great 3&D player.
8. The Mavs parted ways with a coach, who did not get us to the second round in ten years and who convinced us all, that this team can just play offense and we should not bother, playing defensive-minded players.
9. The Mavs installed a new coach who is not just the players' coach we all expected, but the guy who really had a vision and implemented a new identity which we previously though to be impossible for this team: Defense first!
10. Wich brings me to the guy we drafted a couple of years back, Josh Green, looks like a two way NBA-rotation-player.
11. Also, finally Reggie Bullock is exatly the type of two-guard we needed for years. 3&D for a reasonable price.
...
I could go on. But it feels like there are so many pieces falling into place for the Mavs right now... one could wonder: Aren't the Mavs stupid and dysfunctional anymore?
I thought now was the time to say it: The Mavs are a smart organization again. Look at what transpired the last couple of months:
1. Our Slovenian draft pick from a couple of years back, Luka Doncic, is almost undeniably the best player in the NBA right now. Thank god we traded Trae Young for him.
2. Our second superstar KP could not live up to his hype due to his fragile body, but the Mavs got him healthy enough to trade him and his horrible contract away.
3. In return, we got the third ball-handler we needed in Spencer Dinwiddie. The guy's also a slasher and exatcly what we need as a sparkplug from the bench.
4. Also, we got a fellow Latvian player who is even better at 3-point-shooting than KP. Bertans is a weapon... it's expensive, but when you split KP's horrible contract in two and get exatly the two players you badly needed in return, the trade is a success (plus KP is still injured).
6. Not to mention our second best player, JB, whom we drafted and developed to this level of play.
7. Of course Dodo, whom we drafted and developed way back as our heart of the team and great 3&D player.
8. The Mavs parted ways with a coach, who did not get us to the second round in ten years and who convinced us all, that this team can just play offense and we should not bother, playing defensive-minded players.
9. The Mavs installed a new coach who is not just the players' coach we all expected, but the guy who really had a vision and implemented a new identity which we previously though to be impossible for this team: Defense first!
10. Wich brings me to the guy we drafted a couple of years back, Josh Green, looks like a two way NBA-rotation-player.
11. Also, finally Reggie Bullock is exatly the type of two-guard we needed for years. 3&D for a reasonable price.
...
I could go on. But it feels like there are so many pieces falling into place for the Mavs right now... one could wonder: Aren't the Mavs stupid and dysfunctional anymore?
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