ROSTER TALK: Mavs favs for Vogel if no HC job exists. Kyrie handshake deal?

[Scott41theMavs]

Right. And historically, people don't like to credit points like this, but here goes anyway:

You've just lost Brunson, widely recognized as one of the most important (if not THE most important) team leaders. There's some reason to believe Powell is on his way out, too, and regardless of what we think of his game, it's pretty clear he has been integral to the culture of the team for a while. Some might even consider Boban's exit worthy of inclusion on this list (though I am not among them). 

Meanwhile, you've added Christian Wood, who is most well known for being cut from multiple teams (including a Chinese team) for lack of work ethic and even after "figuring it all out" has apparently been late to practice fairly consistently and has been benched during games for his attitude. And, you've added documented knucklehead Javale McGee, who seems to have figured some things out in recent years but is probably still pretty far from being a team leader. 

I think we're officially approaching a situation wherein the locker room chemistry should be at the forefront of concerns for the next several moves, personally. The front office definitely has more info and insight on this than we do, so I'm not panicking, but this has been on my mind a little, tbh.

I want the Mavs to get Schroeder if they can, but I still think you make great points. We don't want to become the Jailblazers.