05-16-2022, 10:58 AM
(05-16-2022, 10:49 AM)StrandedOnBeauboisHill Wrote: But the talent level here is not perception, it's reality
This is THE great debate (and why I opened the "coaching or talent?" thread).
I have heard for YEARS from this very board about how talent starved the Mavs are. Die-hard fans, who watch every game telling me how terrible Donnie/Cuban had been with talent acquisition.
Now suddenly that has changed?
My personal take:
- The Mavs of the Luka-era have always been MORE talented than most fans have realized (I know it's not a popular opinion, but I was a believer that RC was underachieving his talent most years and can point to old posts saying exactly that).
- However, I DO think the Mavs are overachieving right now being in the WCF and still have significant ways to improve the roster talent.
- The roster talent was never as bad as guys were saying. But it also isn't as good as some guys are saying now that the Mavs have beaten PHX. I don't think the roster is good enough to just "stand pat" and "bring back the gang."