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I do feel like the Mavs could do more with their 2 picks this year than just White and Young though...

You are way overvaluing the value of the picks we have.

 More likely overvaluing the Mavs ability to draft. Factoring in contract size, age and such, it´s not crazy to think a good front office could actually do better at #18 and #31. White was a #29 pick himself and Young is pretty up there in age.

From 2008 to 2018, here are the picks #17-19 and #30-32. Obviously there were much better players available later than #32, too.

2008: Hibbert, McGee, Hickson and Giddens, Pekovic , Sharpe and Chalmzers, DA Jordan, Asik
2009: J. Holiday, Lawson, Teague and Eyenga, Pendergraph, Taylor and Beverley, Danny Green, DeColo
2010: Seraphin, Bledsoe, Bradley and Orton, Hayward, Pleiß and Whiteside, Bjelica, Stephenson,
2011: Shumpert, Singleton, Tobias Harris and Jimmy Butler, Bojan Bogdanovic, Harper and Parsons, Bertans, Thomas
2012: T. Zeller, Terrence Jones, Nicholson and Ezeli, Taylor, Satoransky and Draymond, Crowder, Middleton, Barton
2013: Schroeder, Larkin, Karasev and Goodwin, Nedovic, Crabbe and S. Curry, Muscala, Covington
2014: James Young, Tyler Ennis, Gary Harris and Huestis, Kyle Anderson, Inglis and Joe Harris, Dinwiddie, Jokic
2015: Vaugn, Dekker, Jerian Grant and Looney, Osman, Harrell and Holmes, Richardson, Connaughton
2016: Baldwin, Elleson, Malik Beasley and Zubac, Jones, Davis and Brogdon, DFS, FVV
2017: Wilson, Leaf, John Collins and Josh Hart, Frank Jackson, Reed and D. Brooks, Bryant, Iwundu
2018: DiVincenzo, L. Walker, Huerter and Spellman, Okobo, Jevon Carter and Mitchell Robinson, Trent Jr., Kurucs,

So I´d say it´s actually not that far-fetched to say you can do better than White/Young, especially the upside is so much higher and affordable. Only 2012 was a complete bust in the #18 range, but then look at the players that went 34-40.