08-31-2021, 11:10 AM
(08-31-2021, 11:00 AM)Kammrath Wrote: Dispassionate observation on the other hand would see that the Mavs are not in the elite tier of the NBA yet, but they are knocking on that door and could easily slip into that tier this season if development and chemistry go well.I would say that is a rosy-ish take, but within the realm of possibility. I like it that we have sunny-side views here!
The cold on-paper look, however, imo, is that they are a mid- to low-tier playoff team, and that they could move up into a higher tier, or perhaps equally as well could fall into the lower end of that tier.
I think of "knocking on the door" as being maybe one realistically available piece away, but I suppose the phrase is subject to a range of interpretation.