06-26-2021, 04:55 PM
Here's another bone to chew on with the speculating and analyzing --
The Mavs' player development process and results have been horrendous in relation to the G-League. While some of the NBA teams have used their G-League to create a pipeline of developing young free agent talent for the NBA team, who later get promoted to the NBA roster and become useful players, the Mavs never have gotten much from the Legends.
However, some of the Legends players have turned into very helpful NBA players. Just not with the Mavs.
The Mavs' 2-way signings have also turned into nothing, year after year. Just sign some, they get tried out, then the next year they try some others.
Clearly the Mavs development process has been broken. Maybe the scouting, too, that picks the players to develop. So ...
1 Do the Mavs even think there's a problem?
2 If so, did the changes fix any of the above? If so, in what way?
3 In that area, was Donnie somehow part of the problem or part of the solution? How about Rick?
4 The owner of the Legends is Donnie. How will that work going forward? Or will that change too?
The Mavs' player development process and results have been horrendous in relation to the G-League. While some of the NBA teams have used their G-League to create a pipeline of developing young free agent talent for the NBA team, who later get promoted to the NBA roster and become useful players, the Mavs never have gotten much from the Legends.
However, some of the Legends players have turned into very helpful NBA players. Just not with the Mavs.
The Mavs' 2-way signings have also turned into nothing, year after year. Just sign some, they get tried out, then the next year they try some others.
Clearly the Mavs development process has been broken. Maybe the scouting, too, that picks the players to develop. So ...
1 Do the Mavs even think there's a problem?
2 If so, did the changes fix any of the above? If so, in what way?
3 In that area, was Donnie somehow part of the problem or part of the solution? How about Rick?
4 The owner of the Legends is Donnie. How will that work going forward? Or will that change too?