THE CRUCIFIX: Cato: Wood isn't thrilled w/ his role...Will depart in the summer

[KillerLeft]

There's a lot of frustration, justifiably so, over what is being built with a player like Luka here (for now).

But the solutions being discussed, it's all a bunch of 'cart before the horse' stuff.

The thing in the way is not the roster, but rather the evaluating and negotiating. There is nothing helpful that can be done, if you don't have an EXPERT ability to evaluate and negotiate. That's at the core of everything that is wrong here -- and you don't fix that by trying to find the deal or the pick. 

This summer they made some moves to help the team - and it was just junk. Last summer, same. Opportunity wasted. And wasted. And some of it makes the roster-building job even harder going forward.

You fix that by finding the PERSON. The Expert. And you hire him and get out of the way. Until then, it's going to be a really rough ride.

I disagree. Not with your logic, but with the idea that it’s pointless to discuss how players or assets are handled until the situation at the top (which I agree, is flawed) is fixed. 

That is not gonna happen while Mark Cuban is alive. 

So, if/when I get to the point where I’m not interested in discussing any other aspect of Mavs fandom due to the situation at the top (and I admit, this COULD happen) I doubt I will spend even one second more discussing things here. That would be the point when I would simply stop being a Mavericks fan. there is no fixing that.