11-06-2025, 09:13 PM
(11-06-2025, 08:32 PM)Smitty Wrote: So now the theory is that Kidd is sabotaging the season and on team tank. Doing things to win a power struggle with the GM. It couldn’t be that this team is bad, like any team would be without their 2 all-stars and best Big man. The offense is bad… no %#*^. It’s missing two 25+ ppg scorers.
I agree, your answer is a VERY possible answer (bad roster) and others think the same. I'm not saying it's definitely a tank, just raising the possibility.
OTOH ...
To me, bad roster does not satisfy me in answering why the lineups, rotations, and adjustments have been so weirdly bad. Sometimes clueless. There's this repetitive thought that it's almost like the coaches WANT them to lose, when we see this or that. No way you haven't thought that too, at multiple points this season.
Yes it could be JUST bad play or choices, and all unintended. Certainly.
But it was already happening BEFORE the run of in-season injuries. So I dont see injuries as a reliable explanation for what we are seeing. (And NBA history tells us LOUDLY that "injuries" can be a significant part of the methodology for a team that wants to tank.) So I have to open my mind to the possibility that this is a gap year, as they call it, to try to get LONG TERM running mate for CF.
One other thing to consider. When I look at what is best for the Mavs, if they are NOT going to be elite this year, isn't another top pick their best way to roster building for now? Try to get a creator to pair with CF, and then use THAT as the foundation to build around.
This is the LAST year they can tank for that 2nd piece. You say they are too stupid to see that -- but who knows, maybe they aren't.
My mind is not made up, by a long shot. But I am already wondering seriously.