03-29-2021, 03:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-29-2021, 04:00 PM by hakeemfaan.)
The Mavs have to play assetball more than moneyball. Moneyball is all about a small market team identifying solid pieces at bargain rates and then letting them go earlier than later to get the next wave of bargain talent in there. Even with Cuban a bit reluctant to pay the repeater tax, no one can call his franchise small market or call him cheap.
The MBT issue is that they rarely think out of the box. Picks are not hoarded and moved around to get better picks or players. Picks are devalued and thrown in as an extra bagel in a baker’s dozen box. Players are evaluated strictly on fit. For eg they never thought of doing what GS did in paying a hefty contract for DeAngelo just to trade him. GS did not want him just like the Mavs didn’t. However they looked at him as an asset for another move.
When coveted FAs time and again are implicitly telling you that your franchise is nothing special, you have to acquire assets differently. Be it via drafts, via picks and trades or via thinking out of the box like GS did.
The MBT issue is that they rarely think out of the box. Picks are not hoarded and moved around to get better picks or players. Picks are devalued and thrown in as an extra bagel in a baker’s dozen box. Players are evaluated strictly on fit. For eg they never thought of doing what GS did in paying a hefty contract for DeAngelo just to trade him. GS did not want him just like the Mavs didn’t. However they looked at him as an asset for another move.
When coveted FAs time and again are implicitly telling you that your franchise is nothing special, you have to acquire assets differently. Be it via drafts, via picks and trades or via thinking out of the box like GS did.