2021-2022 AROUND the NBA: GSW Champs [ARCHIVED]

[Chicagojk]

Mavs made their jump two seasons ago. And then stand pat instead of acting on it. Now the momentum is lost.

I may be sick, but I feel we are not far off, but things need to break perfectly (KP health, Luka being a top 5 player, shooting, etc).  We are one really good player away with some additional fringe moves away imo.  Ideally it would be a big wing (4) who can create, defend, shoot, etc.   The rest of the roster comes together with this player.  They just need that one more really good guy who can create and score.   I know you are a Grant guy.  I am not there to be honest, but I am having trouble identifying that player.    Barnes and Mobley would be ideal but both are not available.  Collins is interesting to me but he is a little limited creating scoring opportunities for himself.    Wood is intriguing but I am not sure if he is the guy to be your last piece.   Would an all in move for Julius Randle work or would that be a defensive nightmare? I don't see a path to Ben Simmons.  He won't create for himself but would bring a lot of other attributes to the table...if he is not broken.   

I know this is spilled milk and not the PF I am talking about, but I am afraid to admit how much I have thought about where we would be right now if we took away Hardaway and Bullock and added Derozan to this team.    Sure, the defense may be a major problem, but he is a guy who solves a lot of our issues.   Plus, he is protection of Porzingis being injured about having a guy who can get you buckets.   But analytics thought it was a bad idea.