Luka Dealt to Lakers: Nico Harrison is a Basketball Terrorist

[mvossman]

I agree with FGump. The Mavs have a really good chance at winning a title. No matter what they look like feasting on Utah and Denver that Lakers team isn't built to win right now. Denver is a first round exit right now.

And the Mavs aren't as bad as they looked against the Warriors. Once they get the front line back they will be hard to beat.

If Nico makes the right moves complementing our two stars over the next two seasons they may have a chance to win a championship (they will need injury luck in the playoffs).  After that its tough to see a team led by two past their prime 35 year olds with injury history make it through a deep playoff run.

I can think of no precedent where an NBA team went through this massive of a change mid season and won a title, and it will be even harder in this case due to all of the injuries.  They don't have any experience playing together, there has been no time to see what fits and what doesn't and make roster changes accordingly, and they don't have overwhelming talent to make up for these limitations.  I'm not saying its impossible, but the odds seem really stacked against them winning it all this season.