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

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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/j...league-why

Well that was some garbage “reporting”…

No interest in reading that but I will say I've heard similar questions from friends of my who are NBA fans.  Further, in the years following the title when the Mavs were big game hunting for another star to pair with/be the torch bearer for Dirk, Bill Simmons mentioned something about their struggles and said there was a league wide perception along the lines of the question being purposed in that article.  

I'll also admit that it was my major reservation against drafting Luka.  Take that with a grain of salt as I don't know anything about college or international hoops.  And I'll further admit, it's part of the reason why I don't want Sabonis but the larger reason is that I believe the team needs to get more athletic

To counter some of that:

-The apex of Nash certainly wasn't in Dallas.
-Luka would be a star on any team.
-Maxi would be a valuable rotation piece on any team.
-KP was a star in New York
-I'm not sure where to categorize Parsons.  Injuries derailed him.  I think that was a huge reach but we made that same huge reach with Barnes.  Seems like that was more of a failure of being able to land top tier talent but maybe that is hurt partially by the issue at hand.
-Statistics from my arse, Mavs have to be one of the more international focused teams in league history.