06-04-2021, 01:45 PM
(06-04-2021, 11:51 AM)HanspardsShowerVoice Wrote: Utah is the #1 seed and they basically returned their entire roster from a team that got bounced in the 1st round of the playoffs last year.
Well, you left out that Bogi, arguably their third best player, was not with them in the bubble and Conley didn't just mesh yet with the team.
(06-04-2021, 11:51 AM)HanspardsShowerVoice Wrote: On converse, quit falling in love with other players and over valuing them and thinking they're automatic upgrades just because they play for another team.
You are way simplifying things. Yes, some posters proposed Drummond, some Hield and so on. Some agree with them some don't. But that is not really important. What is important is how you will build a contender. Unless you think this team is a contender level, changes are needed. You like to bring O'Neale as an example, but he is basically your DFS. Mitchell is not as good as Luka, but Gobert, Bogi and Conley are way way way better than KP, THJ and Kleber.
The key is to build around Luka and as good as THJ has been, I have a hard time seeing him in Luka lead starting five. There would be just too many defensive holes. So if I spend most of "my" available budget for someone I don't see as a starter, I will have a hard time building a contending team.
One way is to bring everyone back and hope for a trade. But it is possible this way will lead to another season of Luka dragging the team to playoffs and first round exit with some minor trade deadline trade as it was Johnson for Redick. There is absolutely no guarantee a good trade will happen. Sure we can hope JRich and KP will benefit from a healthy offseason and team will improve. Mavs know best and I can't do much but trust their judgement on that one.
The other possibility is to use cap space for proven players and I think we can agree there are better options around than Drummond or Oubre. And I totally agree that Fournier is not an improvement over THJ. But there are some other players, that are arguably better than THJ or have potential.
KP returning to his former self or trading him for good players if he has market value is the best possibility to retool this team.
(06-04-2021, 11:51 AM)HanspardsShowerVoice Wrote: Look at all the fawning over Josh Richardson last offseason.
There is absolutely no way Curry could be used on Mavs as he is used in Philly surrounded with four excellent defenders. He could only be on bench for Mavs, but we already have Brunson and THJ there, so he would be sort of redundant. Sure JRich didn't work out as we all hoped but this doesn't mean Mavs were wrong for trying. And, we all have to be a bit more patient in this extremely difficult and weird season.