06-06-2021, 06:49 PM
(06-06-2021, 06:25 PM)omahen Wrote: S
3. Mavs have quite successfully tanked values of everyone not named Luka other than perhaps DFS (realistically 5th starter on a contender) and THJ (realistically 6th man). Playoff Brunson showed he is hardly more than back-up PG at this stage, trade value of rookies is close to zero, Maxi had a horrible offseason, JRich had a bad season, Powell is way overpaid and Burke is a vet min guy. And then of course there is the KP situation.
That is really depressing but also true. It is one of my two biggest disappointments. We really need to ask some uncomfortable questions why our assets are mostly distressed three years of the Luka era. Not only do we know we need to update our starting talent, but the guys they have invested in the past two years have also really regressed in the past series.
The other for me is we are two years into the KP era and I feel like there was no progress this year. Nothing was built of last year of finding areas on the court where he is comfortable and then building secondary moves off that. I felt like we haven't even tried mostly as thinking of him as our second best player. If he is a fit here for a year, 5 years or 10 years, you would think you would put in the best situation and not limit him to 7 shots in a playoff game. Are you telling me no one else can get a really good player out of him? Injuries and personality may always be a problem, but they are setting themselves up to fail if that is how they use him.
Both of the above really disappoints me.