04-04-2022, 03:18 PM
(04-04-2022, 03:10 PM)Mavsfan12 Wrote: Everyone loves his game. Who's the next one? Is that guy available in the draft? All these guys that we LOVE, were all available at some point to draft - relatively low in the draft and likely where the Mavs could have obtained them. Every year that goes by, I am sickened by how little we yield from the draft process. UGH!
I think you raise an interesting philosophical question about something even broader here.
During the Cuban/Donnie/Carlisle era, I'm 100% positive that starting from now, this moment, a drafted rookie would never again be looked at as an investment in the team during the rest of the Luka era, however long that lasts. Not as a solution to a rotation hole, at least. They would approach this coming summer in a "let's get some 30 year olds who know what the hell they're doing" kind of way.
Is that what we can expect from Cuban/Harrison/Kidd? I have no idea. There are pros and cons to each direction, but we just don't know what to expect, really.
My guess is that this pick gets moved in a draft night trade, along with either Hardaway, Bullock or Kleber. But, the fact that they're basically locked into a full roster (numbers wise) is a big part of why I feel that way. So, I don't know that we'll have the answer to this philosophical question even if that happens. If they take evasive action so that they can make a pick, that should tell us quite a bit.