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

[F Gump]

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.

I'm not suggesting you (or anyone else) should stop discussing ideas. That's still interesting.

But I am becoming more and more pessimistic about the potential and future of this team, and it all derives from the void of EXPERT Mav GM-ing. The ideas swapped here are certainly a mixed bag - some good or realistic, and some not so much of either - but when it comes to what the Mavs actually choose to do, it's blunder after blunder, which not only prevents this year's team from a better potential, but also is handcuffing ways to make things better in coming years.

They end up spending as much asset capital trying to fix the self-inflicted blunders of the past as they do trying to improve the future.

We keep coming to the awareness that this team lacks a real genius who understands the game, knows talent, and knows what he can make happen by expert moves and negotiations. As we sit in place or even slide downhill, we're being passed by the competition who has much better GMs making positive things happen. When will Cuban pay a guy with the ability to figure out the path to greatness, and who knows how to get it done? Ever? Until then, I don't think even Luka can win a title in Dallas, and the clock is ticking down on his time as a Mav.