This Season Was A Success

[cow]

Sorry I pick out this one line out of a quality post, but this whole trades are the best and only way, so we got

Luka drafted
Brunson drafted
DFS undrafted free agent
Kleber undrafted free agent
Bullock free agent

then we have

overpaying Powell from a failed Rondo trade, losing drafted Crowder and picks in the process
overpaying THJ + Burke acquiring overpaid Dinwiddie + Bertans from a failed Porzingis trade and losing picks in the process
losing Seth Curry for Josh Richardson, after getting rid, overall once again losing picks in the process
S&T Delon Wright, after getting rid, once again losing many picks in the process

Given that we have pissed away draft picks for fun and negatively sabotaged our draft positions every year, one might even come to the conclusion that we are actually better at drafting than trading, cause I don´t see anybody we acquired in a real trade for the last decade that is a major contributor on a value contract. And the saddest part is that in every single trade we were the buyer. We didn´t get anything from the trades (okay the Seth trade in stage I, which we then paid back double in stage II).

This team is awful at every phase of asset management (drafting, trading, free agency). There is no other way to arrive at this point and the difference between the Mavs and franchises like the Kings or Magic for the last decade is one moment of enlightenment, when they picked the best young player in the world.

I was actually putting together a post with successes on the current roster.  Here is what I came up with.

2016:  Dorian Finney-Smith Undrafted Free Agent
2017:  Maxi Kleber  Undrafted Free Agent
2018:  Luka Doncic, Jalen Brunson Draft
2019:  Seth Curry signing
2021:  Luka Doncic Extension, Reggie  Bullock Signing
2022:  Dorian Finney-Smith Extension