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[IamDougieFresh]

 
I disagree, even though I am hopeful Wood will be really good. Here's why.

I would agree that Brunson's impact can be replaced and maybe exceeded, but by "Wood + playoff-playable PG/offense creator" ....But they don't have that other piece, the spot that JB filled, and that's very important to what unlocks the Mavs.

As Kidd pointed out on Friday, Luka playing with another PG all the time allows (a) Luka's workload to be lessened in quantity, and broadened in quality, and (b) Luka to learn to be dominant playing behind the defense, as JK put it. But you can't do much of that if you only have one other decent PG. If it's only Luka and SD, Luka isn't able to play with SD all that much, whose primary minutes will be used to run the team when Luka is sitting.

As Luka goes, so goes the Mavs -- and they are missing a vital piece to making Luka more effective.

I agree it’s a problem

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If we are going back to last offseason, then I would add the negatives:

Did not trade KP when we could have replaced frontcourt hole with cap space (doubt his value was much lower than at TDL)
Took no advantage of last chance at cap space (over 30 mil) and instead went with THJ, WCS, Brown, Boban and useless TPE
FO stated top priority was getting a playmaker with size and completely failed (until KP trade when we crushed frontcourt depth)

I have not liked anything the FO has done since the Wood trade, but I accept that the offseason is not over yet.

I agree with you, my list was made quickly and probably missed a ton.