05-17-2024, 12:02 PM
(05-17-2024, 10:01 AM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: Two factors here - 1) As I've said since the summer league last year, this young man's learning curve BBIQ is off the charts - we're talking 99th percentile; and 2) his mentor is Tyson Chandler, the freaking Yoda of defensive captaining.
Something that I feel has been completely ignored over the past three months - with the acquisition of Kyrie - then Lively - then PJ, I believe that the entire narrative of "the clock is ticking for the Mavs to put a team around Luka so he doesn't demand a trade" is absolutely six feet under. How freaking **********HUGE********** is that?
Agree that the starting five (or six if you include Lively) for now looks to be the right composition of players. It's pretty impressive how quickly the front office converted Grant Williams into something much more important at the trade deadline. Add Lively's draft and the pickup of DJJ and whole thing looks pretty remarkable in a short amount of time. Hat tip to Nico or whomever was responsible.