(06-22-2021, 08:51 AM)Branduil Wrote: Really the biggest thing Cuban should be embarrassed about is the fact that two teams that were ahead of us in the 2018 draft and took worse players are nonetheless title contenders while the Mavs sit at home. It's impossible not to think that is playing a huge part in what's happened. Years of bad drafting and then betting big on KP has resulted in a supporting cast magnitudes worse than the competition.
Absolutely this. Most players and coaches and experts around the league will tell you Luka is on another level than Ayton and Young. Yet their teams have become way better due to the other decision on the other 4 positions and benches and drafting etc.
On other hand Suns and Hawks, if they dont win the title, the reason for it will mainly be that they did not drafted Luka. That is going to he be the only difference and mistake they made that prevented the title.
So what i see is that all three teams made some mistakes. Yet, the Mavs did a ton mistakes other than the Luka pick. In fact, so many that its hard to point anything good, other than the Luka pick. Despite all that we gave the best team in the league a tough time and 7 game series.