TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

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Totally agree with this as well. I personally think Luka has more of a chance to win a championship with someone like CW as his 2nd than with JB.

That's what made Jordan and Pippen so dominate as they were two way players who were devastating defenders.  Toss Harper and Rodman in the mix and you could skate by with place holder centers like Longley and Wennington.  

I'm not sure the Mavs have the FO talent to build a team around Luka.  I mentioned threading that needle earlier.  You need guys around him that can help hide his liabilities on defense.  As great as JB is, he doesn't do that but rather compounds the problem.  It why in concept that I don't hate that he is gone, but I have little faith that they can replace him and they fact that they got a bag of air when he left is painful.

We really need our own version of Klay Thompson or Kris Middleton but then again, who doesn't?