10-12-2023, 12:41 PM
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In a nutshell: LukaDončićKnicksJersey.jpeg
It says a lot about the state of the Dallas Mavericks that we're almost universally turning a solid offseason into urban legend simply because they didn't do anything that resembles senseless self-sabotage.
Please don't let the actually good stuff get lost in the snark. The Mavs had a quality, bordering on smart, summer. But their biggest offseason development still ends up being Luka Dončić's carbohydrate intake or the arrival of Grant Williams, who is neither a top-50 player nor, despite what some would have you believe, a true "wing" defender.
Optimists will claim sentiment on this Mavs core is too low. Perhaps that's true. The Luka-Kyrie Irving experience was more effective (on offense) than advertised. And you absolutely, positively, without question can count on Kyrie continuing to be available.
Other questions abound. Will this team get stops, like, at all? Is Josh Green as good as Twitter user @WatchesBBallWantsYouToKnowIt says? Is Jason Kidd's apparent plan to lean on Derrick Lively and Olivier Maxence-Prosper out of the gate a harbinger of growth, lack of faith in the alternatives or a feeble attempt at proving how hip he is and that, yes, he too wears crocs with socks to the gym? Is letting people Luka is close to behind the scenes leave, um, a good idea?
The top end outcome for this team, assuming all goes according to plan, is probably fourth to sixth in the West and a rollicking one-to-two round postseason cameo. Is that good enough to dissuade my editors from asking me to write about Luka Dončić trade destinations six months from now?
Who's to say, really?
In a nutshell: LukaDončićKnicksJersey.jpeg
It says a lot about the state of the Dallas Mavericks that we're almost universally turning a solid offseason into urban legend simply because they didn't do anything that resembles senseless self-sabotage.
Please don't let the actually good stuff get lost in the snark. The Mavs had a quality, bordering on smart, summer. But their biggest offseason development still ends up being Luka Dončić's carbohydrate intake or the arrival of Grant Williams, who is neither a top-50 player nor, despite what some would have you believe, a true "wing" defender.
Optimists will claim sentiment on this Mavs core is too low. Perhaps that's true. The Luka-Kyrie Irving experience was more effective (on offense) than advertised. And you absolutely, positively, without question can count on Kyrie continuing to be available.
Other questions abound. Will this team get stops, like, at all? Is Josh Green as good as Twitter user @WatchesBBallWantsYouToKnowIt says? Is Jason Kidd's apparent plan to lean on Derrick Lively and Olivier Maxence-Prosper out of the gate a harbinger of growth, lack of faith in the alternatives or a feeble attempt at proving how hip he is and that, yes, he too wears crocs with socks to the gym? Is letting people Luka is close to behind the scenes leave, um, a good idea?
The top end outcome for this team, assuming all goes according to plan, is probably fourth to sixth in the West and a rollicking one-to-two round postseason cameo. Is that good enough to dissuade my editors from asking me to write about Luka Dončić trade destinations six months from now?
Who's to say, really?