2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[SkenfromLMF]

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." 
  

I think the challenge is how does this team add talent greater than THJ?
It either comes down to trading for fit or wise use of assets. The Bullock and Ntiliikina acquisition gives me great hope that assets can get the job done via the Mini-MLE, the pick, and the Trade Exception.

So I would prioritize an additional Bullock/DFS lite version ; a bigger wing Crowder-type; and an improvement at C.
I am ok if keeping THJ is the preferred/taken route on the wing if he is committed to improvement defensively and not letting his diminished role on offense (and it will with SD & JB) be detrimental to his overall game.
I am really hoping that a Turner trade can be swung using minimal assets and a future pick. This run makes me willing to sacrifice some of the future in order to secure better returns in the short-term (to show Luka a serious commitment to winning!) 
I'd settle for Holmes using the TE combined with a post-draft trade that sent the draft rights to the player selected back to Sacramento.