03-30-2021, 03:00 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-30-2021, 03:01 PM by KillerLeft.)
(03-30-2021, 02:37 PM)JamesConway Wrote: I think all parties involved would have been better off by just trading the picks for instant help or future assets down the road (to stagger for a bigger deal).
Ok, so I can see where THIS point is coming from. Let me clarify my take:
Yes, if the goal was 100% win now, the picks should've been traded for players ready to contribute to winning.
Yes, if the goal was 100% develop young players, all four of those dudes should be playing regularly, whether they're ready or not. (See DSJ, DFS and others for evidence that the team knows how to do this).
But, in my view, the goal this season is BOTH, which has got to be incredibly difficult, especially when you're talking about FOUR rookies! I think the Mavs are trying to walk the line between maintaining the foothold they earned in the Western Conference playoff fraternity and moving forward with some young players in order to solve roster issues in the future, either by trading these young guys after they've shown something or by replacing the guys they do trade. While this approach might cause problems on both the win now goal and the develop talent goal, I think the fusion of those two things is the exact, right approach. While I can't swear that every detail of it has been executed perfectly because I'm not behind the scenes, in the organization, others can't swear the execution hasn't been perfect for the same reason.
Above all, I'm just looking for an indication that the "develop rookies" crowd understands that IF the team would've chosen between those two goals rather than a mixture of both, there's a 99.9% chance they would've gone the "trade them for Gallinari" route. Do we REALLY want to bash them day and night for not doing that, just because we're deprived televised proof of what the coaching staff already knows? In two years, I feel like we're going to be glad these four kids were here for this season, and not Gallinari. I'm thankful for that, and I don't require Carlisle to sacrifice even one win just to prove that it was the right decision. One or more of them might make it in this league. One or more might be good, even. One or more might completely bust out. I don't think regular playing time in their first season is what makes any of them break in any particular direction.