Expectations for 23/24 season

[mvossman]

I don't think you will get what you want without winning. If Mavs season will be closer to last one regarding the result, all the negativity will be out again. Green will be scared offensive player, Lively and Omax not ready or not good enough, many of the same old faces (Maxi, Powell, THJ,...) will still have all their warts. I am affraid result will be similar to last season.

I think a lot of things will have to go wrong for it to play out like you are saying.  Its hard to imagine a team with a healthy Luka and Kyrie and a lot of depth behind them will not perform significantly better than last season.  There are so many things that can go right:

Luka and Kyrie playing off each other
Williams taking the next step as a starter
Green having another year of improvement to where he is clearly high level rotational player
Hardy taking another step to where he is clearly 6th man material
Exum showing to be a legit 3rd PG 
Lively showing he already has NBA defensive game and watching his offense slowly develop
Omax hitting just enough 3s to be a useful rotational piece in his first year
Curry rebounding from a bad season to return to one of the best mid volume shooters in the league
Holmes with a change of scenery and his troubles behind him provides quality center minutes
Maxi stays relatively healthy and rebounds from a bad season with less demand put on him
DJJ plays in some fun small ball lineups and becomes a useful rotational piece.  

Not all of these things are going to happen, but odds are a lot of them will.  Even if this team struggles, unless there is no hope in the young guys there will still be stuff to watch from a future perspective.