2021 FREE AGENCY: Markkanen wants out of CHI | DAL "definitely interested"

[Mavs2021]

Can someone please explain why it is good idea to give 90 million to a 35 year old 6'0" point guard?  He plays the same position as Luka and is 13 years older. What is wrong with Brunson as a secondary ballhandler? Is this how you build a contender?  The old generation of stars like Chris Paul, Lebron, Kawhi are all on a decline.   Why not give Luka a big that he can run a pick and roll with.  Just because we have Porzingis doesn't mean he can be the only big on the team.  Kleiber, Powell, Marjanovic are all nice bench players, none of who are starters on a contender.

CP3 was awesome for Phoenix and now the assumption is that adding one veteran to a young team will immediately add 15-20 wins to every team. If Phoenix had lost in the 1st round to a healthy Lakers team, nobody would even consider giving Lowry that much money. Or if he had not been carried to an NBA championship by Kawhi Leonard, which hinged on a single 3pt shot that double bounced on the rim.

To me that is the single worst reactionary GMing, but it´s a fairly frequent phenomenon. No front office worth a damn makes decision based on arbitary small sample size outcomes/results.

So what if Jamal Murray doesn´t tear his ACL? Then the Nuggets likely come out of the West with a starting five with an average age of around 24 years.  Then everybody wants to sign Ball and Collins, because going super young is the way forward?

It´s actually not that unrealistic that the career trajectories of Ball/Lowry already intersect as early as next season. And even at the (unlikely to be required) max Ball would be cheaper than Lowry.

It´s also an absoluetly mind-blowing Mavs fandom phenomenon to ignore the actual development of the (now) veterans they are so desperately craving.

Ball is 23 years old right now. When Lowry was 23 years old, he averaged 9/5 and his shooting splits over his first four years in the league were roughly 42/25/80. OMG you morons, you want to sign that kid. Are you crazy? He´ll never ever be as good as Devin Harris. Hard pass. 

Furthermore there is not even a single player that is 30 years old on that Slovenia roster. None of their older guys is even considered a star player in Europe. Cancar plays in the NBA, but he´s 24, too. Luka is the leader of that team. Just like he is the leader of the Mavs. Luka just needs more talent.

If you want a veteran leader so desperately, then you go and overpay Dragic for 1-2 years.  Say Ball gets $22-23M and Dragic gets $10-12M, that´s much better value than Lowry at $30M.