(06-21-2021, 12:42 PM)cow Wrote: KP and Luka don't like playing with one another. No idea if they like one another off the court. I think this experiment has failed. KP is obviously unhappy and if he starts to demanding a trade, it will lower his already tanked value. You also don't want to make Luka unhappy.
If Josh Richardson doesn't opt in, wish him good luck. I've seen all I need to see of him.
If you run it back, what is the ceiling of this team? Another first round exit? A second round exit at best? The Mavs roster is exactly where you don't want to be in the NBA. Stuck in the middle is as far from being a contender as you can possibly get. We don't have the assets to get players to push us over the top and we are not going to be bad enough to get draft help to improve the team (not that we have picks anyway). This team might need to take a step backwards in the short term to be contenders in the long term.
The argument remains new GM just might not have enough time. And I didn't say they run it back whole season. You have all until TDL to do the move(s). I really liked Morey quote I saw in one of todays article - "it's a failed perception you have to have all the pieces in place in summer" (don't take it word by word, but I remembered the message).
As for Luka and KP - how do we know that new coach and GM can't make it work? I think it is clear best way for Mavs moving forward is to make KP work.