(12-06-2019, 02:23 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: When you have over $30 mil in cap room, that cap room should be used to acquire starters.
When you say "should' you're creating the criteria with which to grade the thing. Nothing wrong with that, we all do it; we have to do it. But at some point, in this case, I think the criteria has to shift to the results on the court.
(12-06-2019, 02:23 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: It is a testament to Luka, RC, and great chemistry that the Mavs are doing so well with three spares in the starting lineup.
You say that the results on the court are Luka, Rick and chemistry, which I agree with, but it seems like you're using that statement to downplay the contribution that our free agents are making and how well the 3 scrubs who happen to start are playing.
Delon and Seth are part of a bench group that is beating the opponents bench by a substantial margin almost every game. We have several wins due to the impact of the bench. This is huge. Luka essentialy gets to run his race against the opposing starters each night with a head start. Other teams have to face Luka each night while laying points!? Are you kidding me?! Delon and Seth are contributing to winning, and I don't think they've maxed out their potential contribution to the team.
Regarding the three scrubs, they wouldn't win without Luka. But they still get credit in my mind for playing well with Luka. There are better players who might not be able to play those roles as well as our three scrubs are playing them. Rick is a genius for carving out these roles for them, but they still have to do what's asked of them and do it well.