MAVS NEWS: Luka Is Hurt, But is Trudging On | DLive's Mom Passes Away| Maxi OUT

[Scott41theMavs]

I hear this but I think that one thing that is way different with these trades than past years where we’re mortgaging the future is we’re adding young talent!

The biggest issue so far with Luka teams from a roster management standpoint is that the pieces around him were both, not talented enough but also, and more importantly from a team building standpoint, the pieces had no individual value across the league. It’s not just about having the ability to recoup picks via a desperate Luka trade, we now have other pieces worthy of draft compensation. That wasn’t the case no more than a year ago.

I get the angle of doom and gloom but we can’t assume there was going to be a great trade market this offseason and we still have plenty of ammo if there is. It was always going to be a damned if you do, damned if you don’t situation, but I believe that the future would have been bleak if Luka leaves no matter how many picks we had and you should be aggressive while you have one of the best players in the world. 

At the end of day this all comes back to the KP fiasco but you have to play the hand your dealt and I think they did a pretty great job yesterday. Little things like making sure Holmes is involved and getting second round picks is something I wouldn’t have expected this FO to do in this situation in the past.

I consider it pretty well impossible for these deals to fail to make the team better unless Luka suffers a season-ending injury (sorry for the jinx). I said it before - two days ago, we had six players worthy of an 8-man playoff rotation (Luka, Kyrie, Lively, Exum, Green, and THJ - maybe Maxi if you squint and he stays healthy). Now they have eight. Nine if we get Dinwiddie. 

To be honest, I'm a little antsy on the Dinwiddie thing. It makes huge sense for him to sign here for the rest of the year for all involved. I think he raises their ceiling - especially in terms of injury insurance - a fair amount.