11-27-2019, 12:18 PM
Seems like we all agree that the roster overall is subpar. I'm not sure what the Mavs were thinking this past summer. Why dump Harrison for all of that cap room if they had no intention of adding good players in the event that Kemba didn't want to come here? Don't get me wrong - Wright, Curry, and Boban (and Maxi and DFS) are all decent players on appropriate contracts, but we had $40 mil in cap space. Just ridiculous that we didn't get any real starters.
The Mavs' only saving grace for right now with how they handcuffed themselves with the failure to add talent is the Barnes exception. If they don't make good use of that, then it's very difficult to envision how they can put an acceptably decent roster around Luka and KP prior to 2021. In any event, no players outside of Luka and KP are untouchable. Maxi and Wright come closest, but they're absolutely expendable for the right players in return.
The Mavs' only saving grace for right now with how they handcuffed themselves with the failure to add talent is the Barnes exception. If they don't make good use of that, then it's very difficult to envision how they can put an acceptably decent roster around Luka and KP prior to 2021. In any event, no players outside of Luka and KP are untouchable. Maxi and Wright come closest, but they're absolutely expendable for the right players in return.