11-13-2025, 05:26 PM
(11-13-2025, 04:00 PM)RoyTarpleysGhost Wrote: Dude you don't need to apologize to anyone.
There are two prominent posters on this forum (FGump and DanS) who were convinced this was a contending team, this team didn't need any guards, yadda yadda yadda. Now they are being salty because they had no idea what they were talking about. Notice they are the only two floating the idea this is an intentional tank. Hilarious.
Yes I thought the Mavs could get past the early-season until Kyrie made it back. However...
1 I never said the Mavs didnt need guards. Good grief. In the early summer, both Exum and BWill were in that guard mix we were looking at. And DAR. And Kyrie to be added at some point. And maybe CF gets minutes to create offense.
2 But when the season began, the ONLY possible guys to run the offense were DAR and CF. That's a huge downgrade layered on top of the loss of Kyrie.
3 We didn't know those guys would be out of the mix -- but the Mavs did! Right? And they chose that course anyhow? Why?
4 When considering all that, I am certainly less optimistic about the season. Duh. If you think I should have known they would have 2 more guards unavailable and factored that into my thinking, well, maybe you should be talking to Nostradamus.
5 But it also makes me wonder what the Mavs were thinking -- why did they construct a talent-filled roster with no one to run the offense?
6 As for where we are NOW ... My idea of tanking isn't at all how you choose to portray it. My oft-stated thought is that MAYBE they have decided to tank already -- and if so, there are lots of points at which they may have done so.
Or maybe they are still in a wait and see stage.
The best tank is one where no one knows. Lots of bad luck (unfortunate injuries, close losses) piled on top of each other.
But imo they NEED to tank from here, regardless of how they got here.