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(3 hours ago)F Gump Wrote: 1 Yep, exactly. We start here.
2 I think it's a mistake to INSIST on continuing to be bad for a while, with the idea that it's good for them to continue to lose. There is NO VALUE AT ALL in being bad and losing games. Strip the team of talent, to ensure they suck? No.
The net effect of winning is that it makes the players look better if you decide to trade someone, and it motivates CF and the other keepers. It also forces the players to compete for minutes. There is only one downside to winning, which is that it messes up draft picks as you tank, but since they don't have picks, then it's not a factor for the Mavs.
If a GM wants to trade all future assets (picks, young players who need to be developed, etc) then yeah, that's not a good plan, but I don't think anyone is envisioning that as a possible choice that an Expert GM would make. But with what they have to work with, and reasonable tweaks, do what you can to win asap, as much as possible.
I also think that the presence of CF accelerates the potential to get much better faster. Add another elite youngster in the draft, which is very possible, and it's time to win now, as fast as CF and the 2nd guy are ready. Don't hold them back!
I am not sure where the ensuring they suck part is coming from. They can play as competitive as possible. Just with a younger roster that might actually feature some players that are still relevant when Flagg reaches true superstar franchise player level.
We don't even have a second guy right now. Need lottery luck + the right pick but somehow you are already thinking of the Mavs as a potential contender. Even if the Mavs nail the draft it's more likely that whoever ends up on the Mavs needs some time to reach the necessary level (for a PG year three is somewhat realistic). Just don't see how the Mavs with the current roster + (best case) healthy Kyrie and this years draft pick are anywhere close to contender status. And that's more or less the best case scenario.
Already fear how this would play out. Draft pick isn't as ready as some people would like. Mavs run out of patience. Make another rushed win now trade to turn a play-in team into a fringe playoff team.