01-05-2026, 05:23 PM
(01-05-2026, 05:14 PM)Mavs2021 Wrote: Makes total sense with the exact same argument I made for the Mavs.
People just have a hard time accepting that the Mavs are now a super-charged version of the Wizards, after being one of the legit title favourites just 12 months ago.
Mavs need an additional PG that can give this offense some structure. Kyrie has not played more than 60 regular season games once in the last nine years.
He´s going to be 34 years old next year and coming off an ACL injury. So what kind of expectations are people having here? The Finals run might have been his last hurrah or maybe the 2025 title could have been.
If you want this team to compete next year, they´ll need to acquire a high end guard. As we have seen with DAR, those don´t grow on exception trees.
They definitely need a new PG, one that play with, or in place of Kyrie. But I have absolutely NO expectations that next year's version of the Mavs is competing for anything except the middle of the standings.
That's way too fast and way to big of an expectation for what will almost certainly be a bunch of new faces who haven't played together. I think we're 2-3 years away at best for competing with better teams in the west.
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