12-13-2020, 02:55 PM
(12-13-2020, 11:40 AM)Playmaker Wrote: The Mavs don't exactly have a history of evaluating talent well at the lower end of the first round. Its why they treated the draft as an after thought for so many years and the they never seem to have young tradeable assets that the rest to league desires.
If they routinely miss their evaluations something needs to change. Whether that's the scouting department or Donnie changing his philosophy. The Mavs have become slightly better over the years as they have now occasionally draft useful NBA players and not total busts (Shane Foster, Jared Cunningham, Nick Fezekaz, Moe Ager, ect)
Brunson is good role player for tbe Mavs but a case can be made that they missed that evaluation as well. If the Mavs were looking to draft an PG, Devonte Graham would have been the better option. Robinson from a pure talent perspective would have been better as well.
I think it is the opposite. The Mavs actually had solid scouting (especially when it comes to international prospects) but alway focused on win now moves. I spent enough time ranting about the post 2011 era so I won´t go into detail again.
Donnie clearly wanted Giannis but Cuban wanted to trade down. Again. You focus on the one guy (in this case guard) that might be better than Brunson. What about all those guys that were drafted in the 1st round. People need to realize that 2nd round guys or undrafted free agents rarely make it in the NBA. Getting a useful role player with a 2nd round pick is a win.
What about undrafted free agents? Maxi wasn´t a star in europe but the Mavs saw something that they really liked. Same for DFS. 23 year old prospect that went undrafted.
I agree that in the past the Mavs made some big mistakes when it comes to the draft and the value of picks. I absolutely hated that the Mavs did not even try to hit on a 2nd round pick. Satnam Singh was probably the worst of them. Cuban wasted a draft pick because he wanted to make some money in India.
In the last 2-3 years they tried and I am happy with the results.
Picks: Luka, Brunson, Bey, Green, Terry
Undrafted free agents: DFS, Kleber, Hinton
Gone: Roby, Reaves
We obviously don´t know how this years draft picks will perform but that´s a solid group of guys.