MAVS NEWS:

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I agree - all names mentioned are great GMs, or at least were for stretches. 

Interestingly, Stevens is the guy the Mavs had to outmaneuver to draft O-Max, and the Celtics were pretty disappointed they weren't able to get him on that draft night. 

All GM's are going to have misses. The best are going to have enough hits to distract from their misses and prevent them from stinging so much. The biggest indictment of the Mavs front office is how often (for a variety of reasons) they find themselves in a situation wherein they MUST hit on a pick and an exception to move the team forward with the alternative being disastrous. They routinely operate with almost no margin for error, asset wise, and that never seems to get better. This past 10-15 years, that has been about them not valuing draft capital enough. The good GM's have been hoarding it, not spending it like it's burning holes in their pockets. 

The thing is, depending on how the upcoming anti-tanking measures end up, the league's approach might be changing. Who knows. But, what's needed is a plan that doesn't change on a month to month basis, imo.

Yeah, that was the report. Boston moved back into the second round and picked up some seconds.   One of the players they picked was Jordan Walsh who was younger than Prosper but had some of the same traits.  Walsh has been up and down but has shown some growth recently.

I agree about the Mavs.  For a franchise who found Jalen in the second round, they sure did not take those picks seriously.  Most will not work out.  But if they do, it can really change things.   They are low cost gambles.   Mavs seemed almost uninterested in even trying for years.

Presti has had some misses.   Poku.  Traded Senguin and picked a player who has been pretty average and is no longer on the team.   He understands you will have misses.  He also knows (like Morey) that you can find value in the second round.   Not always, but players are there.   It seems like the Cuban plan was always hoping for free agents, while looking down of players drafted in the second round/late first.