(12-20-2022, 09:32 AM)Nowitzki Way Wrote: It looks they will end up as sellers at the deadline. We've talked for awhile that Conley or Clarkson could be options for the Mavs. But i'd be looking at some of the role players they picked up in trades this off season. We all know Ainge wants draft picks, which we're a little short on. So i doubt we have a fit.
Yes, it's hard to see how the Mavs can be buyers at the deadline. At the current level of play, by then they will be too far back for any trade to make a real difference. Many of the ideas center around quick fixes and aging veterans, which mostly offer a small boost this season, then fall away. So adding players like that is robbing the future of assets, to patch up a failed season.
Their crossroads is really soon. It's time for some hard questions to be answered.
If this season is going to be a dead end, they need to figure out what they want to do for 2023-24 and 2024-25 and start doing everything they can to build towards much greater success in those seasons. Cuban's ongoing emphasis on instant gratification is very short-sighted.
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