Team Tank 2022-23

[Chicagojk]

Cuban continues to be inept at using the Legends to extract NBA value, doesn't he? He intentionally opted to try to build a winner without scouting, drafting, development, etc, leaving those hard-to-do tasks to other franchises and then he could just buy their workproduct so to speak. He's never recovered from that mindset.

Many franchises have learned to develop marginal prospects into usable NBA players via the GL but Mavs continue to flail.

It is just weird.   I would think this is the fun part of being a scout.   I know very few of these guys ever make it to the NBA or have a long NBA career.   But finding interesting prospects to get a closer look should be the fun part of the job.  

I was pretty critical of them last year too.  But Eugene turned out to be a pretty interesting dude.  Same with the SMU guy they had who eventually went to the Knicks.  Even Carlik Jones who is probably a G-league lifer has been productive in that league.    It seems like this year, they said ok we are good here.    Even the priority undrafted free agent they brought in, Marcus Bingham, was not exciting.   

I know very little of the names of the rest of the team, but I can tell you none are exciting.   Justin Jackson was a heck of a college player and a nice guy, but why bring him back to the G-league team?   

It is petty, but it has always bugged me.  I feel like if you don't put in any pride of finding interesting prospects for your G-league, do you put any priority in scouting?  I looked over our roster and AJ Lawson is the only player under 24.    Grant Riller had some draft buzz a few years ago and was a late second round pick.    But he has bounced around a ton already.   Justin Jackson has been in the league for a while.  I don't believe anyone else on the roster has a chance to ever sniff the NBA.   I mean not even close.