08-05-2021, 06:35 PM
(08-05-2021, 06:02 PM)mavsluvr Wrote: I am not yet sold on the new FO being any better than the old one, but I do think that they are smart enough to take Luka's desires into account.
Appreciate the discussion sans ultimatum/negativity. You make great points.
On the one I quoted, though, aren’t you impressed with the timely, decisive moves to get two-way guys on long-term deals at reasonable prices? I’m trying to think of when the previous management accomplished any of those things. I can’t remember any first-in-line deals involving the Mavs. Wes Matthews maybe? I’m not sure. I don’t remember the Mavs signing two-way guys. Defenders or offenders every time, it seems to me. And the only value signings I can think of were too short. Maybe Curry the second time was an exception?
I’m sure there are deals I’m forgetting. I’m not a Donny hater. And I can’t get over how well they did with Luka and Jalen in the 2018 draft.
But the RB/SB signings are different in kind, not just degree, from what we’ve been seeing in free agency. Again, these moves (1) were decisive, (2) involve 2-way players, and (3) locked em up on long-term, value deals. That seems new and better to me. Significantly so.