(02-07-2020, 05:44 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: To clarify, with that colossally unbalanced of a rotation, I personally find it hard to accept any sort of narrative that the Mavs are at all serious about doing the best they can for the rest of the year and the playoffs. No significant buyout addition, to me = 100% chance of a first round exit. This summer is, in a sense, a bigger deal. If the Mavs have the opportunity to add a third- or fourth-best contender player this summer and don't do so due to 2021, then they're sandbagging a full additional year of Luka's rookie contract for arguably no reason. History has shown - stars want to go where there's a team for them to go to. Not a stripped-down roster. And max players get more money out of SnT's than outright FA maxes with a new team, so it's better to have assets than cap room.I think we understand your arguments, whether we agree with them or not.
Respectfully, it's just puzzling how overwrought you seem over these points, considering the big picture.
I wouldn't object to their acquiring a bought-out player. But a first-round playoff exit is probable, whether they do or don't. There is no known buyout candidate that lifts this team to title contention this season, or even moves the needle significantly as far as winning or losing a series. If the Mavericks screw up the offseason, that will be bad, but why is it time to jump off a bridge over that possibility now?
I want to treat you and everyone else with respect and make an honest effort to understand your views. I get that you don't like some of the FO's decisions/possible decisions, and that you have some reasons. But some of them seem relatively inconsequential, and some are scenarios that may well never happen. I don't get this level of anguish over those items.
Maybe hyperbolizing is your style, and you're really not as distressed as you come across. Like, maybe you're having some fan-style fun of overreacting a little. I would understand that. I hope it's that. I sometimes worry you might like, have an apoplexy or something, and none of this is worth that. Take care, Scott.