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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.

Your mindset is the mindset that is keeping us from becoming an elite FO. It is not wrong to criticize obvious mistakes that are keeping us from being a top tier front office. If you want to be the best, you can’t just ignore mistakes, especially preventable mistakes. Scott is 100% correct, we failed to be a serious playoff team this year, and thats the message we are sending to Luka and KP and the res of our talent. They will only tolerate it for so long. They aren’t obligated to take millions of dollars of paycuts and stick around for 21 years like Dirk did because hes extremely loyal (almost to a fault), if we won’t try as hard as they are to contend and win a ring. The Mavs basically said despite how hard you guys worked to achieve the BEST OFFENSE IN NBA HISTORY, we do not believe in you and won’t bring in a defender or two to try and win it all.

The reason many of us are very dissappointed is because despite the great trades last year and the solid off season, it seems the Mavs are back to their old ways and have not learned from the past.

 
Well the opposite spin is: We believe in you guys, you are good enough to win a championship. We don´t need enforcement.

Ultimately, from all the executed trades, it comes down to Drummond. That was a perfect target. Short term upside, no interference with the logical long-term plan. Actually long term upside, cause you cash in Lee, Wright, Jackson to free up more capspace. All the other trades I don´t have any regrets. Except not taking on Iggy last summer and being the one cashing in two lottery picks for him.  #long-term planning

It´s okay to take such risk-free "risks". The Mavs had a window to take riskier bets, especially on that 2018 FA class and they refused. Now our margin for error is smaller than some people realize. We have four assets to get our championship roster set up: 17-20th pick and 31-33rd pick this year, 2020 MLE in a buyer market and 2021 (max money) free agency. From that we need an elite wing defender or two, a 2nd/3rd scoring option, a cheap back-up center. It´s not that easy.