02-02-2025, 09:25 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-02-2025, 09:29 AM by ThisIStheYear.)
Only two explanations make sense. 1) Dallas ownership must save a ton getting under the luxury tax now and in the future. Ownership must have told Nico no on a Luka SuperMax and that they’re not willing to pay the tax. The best way to describe this new ownership: they’re a private equity firm. 2) The knee has a degenerative condition.
The problem for the Mavs is it seems they don’t have their own pick between 2027-2030, and they are going to bottom out hard. Thus, they probably can’t create a title window for a decade or more. Mavs fans are about to go into the wilderness for 10-20 years.
The Mavs do have one escape scenario. Lose nearly every game the rest of this season, get extremely lucky in the lottery, and snag a franchise player. The team has the coach to make at least that first part happen, but the roster is probably not bad enough yet. I’d trade every player with a market over the next week.
Most likely, the Mavs are just dead in the water with no path for relevance for the foreseeable future. A lot of us old time fans who were young then but remember the founding of the team will also die before the Mavs have a shot at relevance again. That really puts a pall on the term Mavs Fan For Life. If we see that moniker through, we really will be dead before this team can rise again. Sadly, it’s time for MFFLs to move on. Nico and this ownership have fucked us by mortgaging the team’s future completely and then doing this.
The problem for the Mavs is it seems they don’t have their own pick between 2027-2030, and they are going to bottom out hard. Thus, they probably can’t create a title window for a decade or more. Mavs fans are about to go into the wilderness for 10-20 years.
The Mavs do have one escape scenario. Lose nearly every game the rest of this season, get extremely lucky in the lottery, and snag a franchise player. The team has the coach to make at least that first part happen, but the roster is probably not bad enough yet. I’d trade every player with a market over the next week.
Most likely, the Mavs are just dead in the water with no path for relevance for the foreseeable future. A lot of us old time fans who were young then but remember the founding of the team will also die before the Mavs have a shot at relevance again. That really puts a pall on the term Mavs Fan For Life. If we see that moniker through, we really will be dead before this team can rise again. Sadly, it’s time for MFFLs to move on. Nico and this ownership have fucked us by mortgaging the team’s future completely and then doing this.
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