05-03-2021, 10:15 AM
(05-01-2021, 09:50 AM)Mavs2021 Wrote: Anyone been paying attention to Michael Porter living up to all the (pre-injury) draft hype and turning into Kevin Durant in the absence of Murray?
Averaging 25.5 PPG, 6.9 RPG, 1.4 BPG, while shooting 56/47/80.
Also Jokic, Murray and MPJ are nearly shooting 50/40/90 COMBINED for the SEASON, , plus Aaron Gordon as a 4th option.
This is what Doncic will have to compete with for the next decade
You realize all these other teams are f******g loaded with young talent, too.
Combos like Embiid/Simmons or Tatum/Brown that are at least level with Luka/Porzingis, but have coaches/GMs with proven FA drawing power, because they have actually won a play-off series in the last decade.
We argue about Devonte Graham.
We can all agree that those teams have stronger/deeper roster than we have, but we are not so bad. We are just few pieces away from taking step forward. And teams mentioned are bulding their roster for much longer than we.
There to main 2 mistakes our front office did/is doing. First is draft choices. I'm not going back to the history, but we should just look to the last draft and see on which players we passed. After that is development of young players.
Other mistake is living in free agency dreams. On how many good players we passed living in FA drams of Giannis, Gobert, Leonard and others? We should realize that we are not likely destination for FA stars and try quietly targeting good players who could be good fit there. Better forget Derozan, Lowry, Collins, Lonzo and others beacuse they will not sign there. Pursue and build on a players who want to be here.
Similar thing is in trade rumours. We don't have many assest's so we should be looking for a teams when they are a sellers and buy low. Buy low and hope that player will fit there and take a gamble on potential on ''reclamation projects''.
As an example, is Gordon a star? He isn't, he is just good fit in Denver, and the trade for him when price was low.
But with all these problems, trades we lost we are still 5 in the west so that also speaks something.
Looking forward in offseason:
- Extend THJ for reasonable price (i think we could also use his bird rights?)
- Go after Spencer Dinwiddie as J-Rich replacement. After a injury i don't think that price will be too high.
- If J-Rich opt-in trade them for some other reclamation project (J-Rich + picks for Bagley?)