12-20-2022, 09:57 AM
(12-20-2022, 09:50 AM)F Gump Wrote: 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. 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 would not be helpful.
It's not just Cuban we have to rationalize our fandom around anymore.
I have very little faith at this point that Jason Kidd is a qualified NBA coach. I think he might be one of the worst in the league from a tactical, system designer perspective, and his ability to motivate players, which was supposed to be the way he'd upgrade this team from Carlisle, has really come into question for me this season.
I bring this up because I believe spending a year where winning was put on the back burner in favor of a focused effort to reshape the team according to his values might very well be three steps in the wrong direction, not progress. I'm really worried that the team is a month away from being something I lose all interest in following. Scared to death.