TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[bodhisattva]

What is this trade Bullock shit? He starts every season slow, it is who he is. It was the same last year. Honestly, I wasnt impressed last year too, but come playoff time he was detrimental to Mavs success last year. Him and DFS did all the hard lifting on defense (all due respect to Maxi), played 40 min every game, and were visibly exhausted by conference finals.

Its the same story for the last 4 years. We have been screaming for new frontcourt (Holmes, Wood, Collins, Turner, Portis, Lopez, Adebayo...) since 2019. It was obvious back then that we need 2, 3 modern big guys. That is still true, at least we got one of them now.

After that another ball handler, preferably a star. FO messed up with Brunson, at least we got SD for now. I lost my shit when we signed Dorsey AND Campazzo, but not Dragič. That was some properly retarded shit. I might be a little biased on that one, but i would rather have Dragič than the other two.
What is done is done. My preferable choice here would be Lillard, as a second star, but it will probably never happen.

We all agree on this needs, but in my opinion we also need one more wing (Dort, Bey...) to take load off DFS and Bullock. Green is not that guy and will never be. But i dont understand people wanting to trade Bullock, that would be a setback in my opinion.

Suma sumarum
Keep Luka, DFS, SD, Bullock, Kleber and Wood. Everybody else can be traded as far as I am concerned.
Get another modern Center and PF, Wing Backup, and than add a second star in the backcourt.
I think a team like this, build from names stated above, would be a contender.

The painful thing is all this was obvious back in 2018 when DSJ, DJ and Barnes got traded. By now every sheep farmer in Slovenia knows this, but not Cuban. Or maybe he is just cheap and poor. Its almost 2023 and DP IS STILL OUR STARTING CENTER FFS.