06-23-2023, 03:22 PM
For all the folks wondering if the Mavs can add youth AND contend now, given their asset-poor situation (a concern I can understand):
1) Imo, they are SO asset-poor that even one more summer of "win now" moves would have been a complete and total dead end. Game over. The only way to refill the asset chest, from where they are today after so many years of missed swings, is literally to start DEVELOPING some NEW assets.
2) Luka is only 24. Whether Dan is right about him sticking around at least long enough to sign that supermax or not (I think he is right), the glaring fear for me is that IF Luka is in a "I'll give them one more year" mindset right now, the chances of fixing all of this so quickly are at like 0.00001% anyway, so to me, that ship has sailed. Meaning, just start doing what the TEAM needs you to do. Treat Luka like a 24 year old and plan for THAT timeline. If it works, great. If not, nothing was going to work (from this starting point) anyway.
3) None of us really saw this level of organizational competence coming. Even those who disagree with the results have to admit that the approach was professional. So...what can that tell us about the rest of this summer's plan???? Is it possible that Luka and/or Kyrie have been handled well enough that they're OK with this approach already? Hell, I'll go one step further: Is it possible that we're assuming Kyrie is back, when we shouldn't be? Is it possible that they will now use HIM as an asset to get MORE young talent in a way that we can't see coming, just like we didn't see this draft night approach coming?
All I'm saying is that last night should've bought them a little bit more of a "let's wait and see what they do next" type of attitude. It did for me.
1) Imo, they are SO asset-poor that even one more summer of "win now" moves would have been a complete and total dead end. Game over. The only way to refill the asset chest, from where they are today after so many years of missed swings, is literally to start DEVELOPING some NEW assets.
2) Luka is only 24. Whether Dan is right about him sticking around at least long enough to sign that supermax or not (I think he is right), the glaring fear for me is that IF Luka is in a "I'll give them one more year" mindset right now, the chances of fixing all of this so quickly are at like 0.00001% anyway, so to me, that ship has sailed. Meaning, just start doing what the TEAM needs you to do. Treat Luka like a 24 year old and plan for THAT timeline. If it works, great. If not, nothing was going to work (from this starting point) anyway.
3) None of us really saw this level of organizational competence coming. Even those who disagree with the results have to admit that the approach was professional. So...what can that tell us about the rest of this summer's plan???? Is it possible that Luka and/or Kyrie have been handled well enough that they're OK with this approach already? Hell, I'll go one step further: Is it possible that we're assuming Kyrie is back, when we shouldn't be? Is it possible that they will now use HIM as an asset to get MORE young talent in a way that we can't see coming, just like we didn't see this draft night approach coming?
All I'm saying is that last night should've bought them a little bit more of a "let's wait and see what they do next" type of attitude. It did for me.
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