2021-2022 MAVS NEWS: 4th in West | WCF loss [ARCHIVED]

[MaxiThreeba]

There's also a sentiment I see among some on this board that:

Any decision Cuban makes is bad.
Any decision that Nico makes is good (or, at least, not as bad as a Cuban decision).

I'd venture to say that many, many decisions that Mark has made have been good.  And bad.  As will Nico's.  

Mark waited 20+ years before deciding that the sum total of Donnie's decisions wasn't good enough, and canned him.  Perhaps you, gentle reader, have decided that Mark's decisions also aren't good enough, and you're ready to replace him with a new owner.  Who do you have in mind? Rob Sarver?  Jeanie Buss?

Maybe there are some who actually look at Cuban and Nico that way.

My feelings toward Cuban is that there was a vision (or lack thereof) cast following the 2011 Championship run and it failed miserably.  That vision was 100% spearheaded by Cuban and driven by his need to be the smartest person in the room and his genuine belief that he is just that...no matter who else is in the room.

As a result of that colossal failure and the decision to double, triple and quadruple down on Cuban's vision the Mavs wandered in NBA purgatory until they went and got Luka.

The roster failure(s) that have continued since that point were/are amplified by the Cuban vision and the complete void of talent that is a direct result of that vision.

The KP trade ruined the chance to build organically through drafting and trades but that is a deal that most any NBA GM would have made.  It hasn't worked out and is a big reason for the subpar roster the Mavs are stuck with now.  The bigger failure was the 2019 offseason.  That offseason was the last real chance to add impact talent and/or assets to the war chest.  The 2020 draft was the final gut punch of terrible roster building.

This roster is now stuck and it's hard to have any faith that the TPE is even used given the Mavs recent history.  The blame for this, in my opinion, falls squarely at the feet of Cuban.  He can't allow himself to fade into the background and no doubt still believes he is the smartest person in the room no matter how much evidence stacks up to the contrary.  

So here the Mavs sit; stuck once again with a Franchise player that they are too inept to surround with the right pieces.