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(6 hours ago)F Gump Wrote: "somehow you are already thinking of the Mavs as a potential contender." --- You are creating a strawman. No one is saying they will be an instant contender. Everyone is saying they have the potential to win games and start to be a factor in the league, using the talent they already have, plus what they can acquire. So they need to try to win. Let it go where it goes.
And trying to win scares you. ~shrug~ It doesn't scare me. I welcome it. Winning needs to be the goal. Go for it.
There's nothing gained in losing. Obviously getting to where they want to go, both with new talent, old talent, trades, development, and team play, it won't all happen on day one, but who doesn't know that?
Takes some real audacity to accuse me of using strawmans considering that your attempts to refute my case are based around the narrative that I don't want the Mavs to win. But to be fair I kinda missed this. Hard to find people that actually offer contra in discussions like this. Probably too abstract and theoretical for most people.
Maybe it's me missing the conversations during the season but a lot of this feels like copium because reality isn't nearly as promising as you portray it. Flagg, this years pick that basically has to be a star, maybe healthy Kyrie and the rest of the vets compared to the top teams in the league...just not going to happen. The GM that can build upon a foundation like this and build a contender without accumulating more assets doesn't exist.
I would love to share your optimism but I just don't see where the improvement is coming from. Trades and new talent? You need assets to make that happen. Or is this supposed to turn into plan powder again? Wait for the magical summer where capspace is going to solve the Mavs issues. Sorry. Been there done that. Not interested.