02-14-2024, 06:36 PM
(02-14-2024, 01:55 PM)StrandedOnBeauboisHill Wrote: This is kind of everything right here. If we operate with fear then we won't move forward. Obviously risk management needs to exist but the biggest risk that we could make is not putting the best team around Luka now.
My biggest issue is just that we usually gladly overpay. I generally don't think we have been very good at asset management. I also believe we undervalue draft picks relative to almost every other organization in the NBA. We trade a lot of draft picks to acquire talent then we pay even more to get rid of those players. We have churned over our roster far quicker than almost any other good team since 2011. We always seem to be the team giving up picks rather than acquiring them. I think that's a problem.
The ironic thing is that the 3 best moves we've made since 2011 have been via the draft. Luka, Brunson and Lively were all huge hits. We acquired them with draft picks. Josh Green and Hardy were really good picks as well. We've been really good at drafting. I don't understand why the Mavericks organization seems to hate draft picks so much. So, we generally don't value the draft even though we're good at it. Then, we overpay in draft compensation to acquire players then to get rid of them.
The churn must go on.