This Season Was A Success

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Undoubtedly. I think that this season was about Kidd and Nico seeing what they have. Nico made a great trade moving KP. Gave me some serious optimism for the future. Kidd has shown me that he is more than just a capable coach. He's come into his own now as a coach. And is the right coach for this team. I'll gladly eat crow with that one.

Green made some good progress this year. I look forward to his continuing to grow as a player. I still want to see them upgrade the 5 and a wing spot. DFS, Brunson, and Luka are the core. They have some good rotation guys. But, they really need 2 more starters.

The playoffs have been weird as it feels like we've taken a lot of steps backwards.

-All of Green's progress from the season disappeared in the playoffs for the most part.  
-Kidd's focus on defense is good.  He also seems way more player friendly.  He and his staff gave Green opportunities I don't think would have occurred under Carlisle.  On the flipside, the offense lacks any sort of creativity, he takes too long to adjust (benching Green, giving Powell too many minutes, weird challenges in game, playing starters to far into lopsided contests).
-The KP trade looked like a win with how Dinwiddie played in the regular season.  Playoff Dinwiddie has been terrible, so much so that I'm running that "what if" scenarios that featured KP still being on the team and asking if we'd be any worse off.  On the flipside, Bertans has been a pleasant surprise and the guy has an aggressive streak on offense that I wish more of our role players had.    
-Jalen, Jalen, Jalen.  His playoffs have been a bit of a rollercoaster.  He's earned a new contract, I just have no idea what he's worth.  I think he'll get overpaid.  I hope it is by us.  
-Luka probably has me more confused than anyone.  He has otherworldly basketball gifts but it feels like you might need to thread the needle to build the right type of team around him which is going to be really challenging for Mavs who have problems attracting any talent.