THJ Foot Fracture: What to do?

[SleepingHero]

I'm assuming you will say those guys don't exist or something.

They probably do exist. But did they exist that summer? 

Some guys that fit your description were Nic Batum, someone that took less money to stay with LAC. Lonzo Ball, who never really was available and signed for more than 18m. Bjelicia who I felt the Mavs should've gone after! Caruso who everyone let slip through. 

Aaaaand that's it. So 4 guys. 1 who took a paycut to come back to his team. 1 that wasn't ever available. And the other two would've been good pickups, but not necessarily would've fit the THJ role that we were trying to fill. 

We know for a fact THJ wasn't option 1. The Mavs threw all their eggs into the Lowry basket. When that fell threw in the first 5 minutes of free agency, they quickly signed Bullock and resigned THJ, and then spent the next 3 months waiting for the Dragic buyout/trade. 

The guy they objectively should've gone after was DeRozan. There were a few here screaming into the void about going after him. But most were traumatized of JRich and his lack of floor spacing, something DeRozan wouldn't have fixed. 

But in any case, hindsight is 20/20. It was a disappointing free agency for the Mavs. I mean heck we all graded the THJ signing at the time and the board came away with a B/C grade.