06-29-2021, 09:07 AM
(06-29-2021, 08:59 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: As for the draft, however, the thing that I most often read complaints about around here isn't the misses on players picked (frustrating, but every team has those), it's the blatant and clear philosophy the Mavs have always signaled that they don't value the draft as a means of improving, especially in situations where they feel they have their star and are already a playoff team. Will that change with the new staff, or is that philosophy held at the TOP of the organization? That's the question, imho.
This is big for me. I always thought they were either lazy or disinterested. Finding values late in the draft or UDFA, should be one of the best parts of the job. Heck, look at the mileage they got out of Maxi, DFS and Brunson. The Mavs deserve credit for those, but at the same time they went years where they appear to not put in the work.
This was also my frustration with the G-league team and summer league teams. Houston every year would take gambles on guys- who had a few traits that might make them succeed. Most of them went no where, but at least they were turning over every rock. We had a 26 year old G-League guy the season before when OKC had Moses Brown who was playing on our Legends team. That may be very small, but it always bugged me.