NBA TRADE TALK: TDL over

[dirkfansince1998]

I feel as fans we overthink about fit. 

The first goal should be to get more skill.  Then worry about fit. The Mavs mediocrity over the past decade can be attributed mainly to them only wanting to splurge on the superstar with the right fit or attitude. A player like DAngelo Russel as an asset would have been the correct choice than spending that money on 3 lesser players. Quality over quantity. Look what GS did and how it worked out. Ironically also look at what GS did with Wiseman and choosing him for fit over Melo.  Lessons can be learned from those two transactions.  


Get Sabonis in here and he would instantly be our 2nd most skilled offensive player.  Worry about the fit later.  Don’t try to over analyze and do what the MBT did for the last decade.

I wish the Mavs would have over analyzed some of their choices instead of just going after big names or whatever we view as the best available talent. For the most part that´s how they ended up with nothing (scrambling to sign some one year deals) or with mediocre big names past their prime (Williams, DAJ, Barnes...).
You picked one specific example where things worked out for GS. What about Kemba  and Hayward in Boston. Or more recently RW in LA. In hindsight it is easy to make a call on those moves. But I don´t see a general trend.
In GS case I would make the case that they actually gave up the at the time higher rated individual talent (Russell) in exchange for better fit (Wiggins) and a pick (Kuminga).