09-13-2020, 04:38 PM
(09-13-2020, 04:32 PM)Mavs2019 Wrote: The Nuggets performance against the Clippers shows us that we might not be as close as we think we are. We are exactly the 7th best team. You are throwing around assets for 2021 UFAs like Schroeder or Holiday, as if they´d make us contenders next season. We´ll need to nail the draft this season and FA in 2020/2021 to set ourselves up for multiple actual runs in the future. Our time is not 2020/2021. It´s 2021+.
And if you screw the draft, which is very likely? Than that pick is worthless, you still have Wright on your team, no max cap space in 2021 and you basically didn't improve. If you can get a player like Schroeder for Wright and Jackson, you do it. He makes us better. In 2021 we can resign him and Hardaway, dump both and sign Giannis, dump both and sign two other free agents or whatever other combination you prefer. This way is much more certain we will gradually become a contender than "all bets on draft" strategy you propose. Unless of course, Mavs are absolutely sure they have a draft winner.