12-20-2022, 10:04 AM
(12-20-2022, 09:50 AM)F Gump Wrote: Yes, it's hard to see how the Mavs can be buyers at the deadline. At the current level of play, by then they will be too far back for any trade to make a real difference. Many of the ideas center around quick fixes and aging veterans, which mostly offer a small boost this season, then fall away. So adding players like that is robbing the future of assets, to patch up a failed season.
Their crossroads is really soon. It's time for some hard questions to be answered.
If this season is going to be a dead end, they need to figure out what they want to do for 2023-24 and 2024-25 and start doing everything they can to build towards much greater success in those seasons. Cuban's ongoing emphasis on instant gratification is very short-sighted.
Agreed. Any buying by the Mavs would be with the hope that we've turned it around by February. We can add those veteran quick fixes to round out the rotation.
But there is no franchise altering trade available with what little assets we have. if we're sitting at the 5,6,7 seed around then, we all hope they add.
If we're sitting at 9,10 then they need to sell a few pieces. Like you said, questions need to be answered now. Who is part of their 2-3 year plan? No one outside of Luka is untouchable. We all love our Maxi and DFS, but for the right price they can go. Wood ? Dinwiddie? Are they part of the future ?