08-09-2021, 02:34 PM
(08-09-2021, 02:22 PM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: I don't as currently constructed. They aren't better than Utah, Phoenix, Lakers if healthy, Denver or the Clippers if Kawhi was healthy. Then you have GS who'll get Klay back and they added players, Memphis is on the comeup. They only get to being a top 4 seed if KP has a career year. Luka still has to do too much, and the bench has to be consistent.
I agree that KP has to play well. I don't know that it would take a career year for the Mavs to be top 4, but yeah, a repeat of last year would be rough.
I'm not convinced that the Lakers can stay healthy or shoot the basketall, that the Clippers (without KL) will be top 4, that Klay back immeidately makes GS top 4, or that Phoenix can do it again. There are question marks for all of those teams just like their are for the Mavs.
Having said that, I admitted that I'm one of few posters here that think the Mavs will be good. Anyway, my comment was a response to the great @"mavsluvr" saying that "lots" of us were being seduced into thinking the Mavs were close to contenders. So thanks for supporting my response! :-D