Accurately Assessing the Mavs Recent Personnel Changes

[mvossman]

I think the we undersell the miss on Grant Williams as well, simply because Nico et al turned it into chicken salad... whew!
BUT if we hit on 3/4 moves with the 4th being a recovery from a previous mistake the FO is doing WELL, and seizing the opportunities which often lends itself to good fortune!

Yeah, Grant Williams was the second biggest move we made in the offseason, and it was a total bust.  But it was the right kind of bust.  A young player that seemed like a fit, but just wasn't.  I think folks (including me) were generally on board with that trade/signing.  I doubt anyone thought our two min signings would end up having a bigger (and better) impact than him.

I feel the same way about this offseason.  Even though Klay is not the direction I would have gone, the low cost in assets and reasonable contract mean that it wont be costly to change directions if it doesn't work out, and its hard to believe he won't be an upgrade, even if it needs to be from the bench.  The other two are perfect young potentially two way players at very reasonable cost.  Given that they upgraded the roster without spending a significant asset (holding on to their firsts) I would give this offseason at least an A-.  If they get a quality vet PG I probably bump it up to A.