03-20-2021, 04:01 PM
(03-20-2021, 03:39 PM)omahen Wrote: Look what Paul did to Phoenix. I think Mavs are two solid pieces away from being really good.
For a rebuild you probably want to spend 4-6 years drafting and hoping you hit on two studs that can be your foundation (Gobert/Mitchell, Tatum/Brown, Booker/Ayton, Dame/CJ, etc.) and then use assets in trade or cap space in free agency to make a contender. Mavs skipped the foundation building. Luka cost them an additional FRP and then they tried to shortcut the process with the KP trade which cost them two future FRPs, the previous years #9 pick and had to take on the terrible contracts of Lee and THJ. The problem with our approach is that if we missed on the KP evaluation, you really don't have a lot of wiggle room to improve the roster, especially when you can't attract free agents.