This Season Was A Success

[SleepingHero]

Despite what has happened in games 1 and 2, and even if the Mavs get swept by the Suns, this season was a massive success by any objective measure.


As much as I hate what I'm watching and feel like the Mavs aren't playing well, the overarching narrative should be that this team was a huge success and some work has to be done to take the next step.

What were the main season objectives did we all talk about coming into the season? From my perspective they were:

• Make the playoffs with home court advantage
  
• Improve the team defense
  
• Figure out what to do with KP, either make him work or move on. 
  
• Win a playoff series for the first time in over a decade
  

Some other ancillary goals:

• Win 50 games
  
• Figure out Josh Green
  
• Get a secondary playmaker next to Luka. 
  

Feel free to add more. 

But... Looking at that list, didn't the Mavs accomplish literally everything we set out to do? We're playing with house money at this point. 

SO despite all the doom and gloom (coming from myself as well!), the Mavs did it. They literally had as good of a season as we all realistically hoped they could have. 

They made the playoffs with home court for the first time since 2011. They won 50 games for the first time since 2015. They got the secondary playmaker we were pining for over the offseason by a Brunson improvement AND Dinwiddie (despite their shortcomings currently). Nico figured out what to do with KP and promptly moved on from him. The team defense is top 5 in the league and has been fantastic. Kidd has allowed Green to develop and despite his poor playoff debut, he had a heck of a year and flashed solid role player potential. 

But most importantly they freaking got out of the first round which is a major accomplishment. We can poke holes as much as we want, but they did it.

So that's my sunshine pumping before game 3. It's needed. Whatever happens the Mavs had a successful year and we should be happy.