Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[F Gump]

.... ways to make the team better (realistically better, not the fantasy version of better that some seem to expect will happen magically on opening night) ....

If you are wanting to argue against that ^, you will be arguing against yourself. No one is saying that the team will be "magically better." Sheesh. 

It's just a question of how much talent the Mavs have, and what the talent can do, given some hard work.  

It starts with CF. The Mavs have the franchise guy. Yes, his leap from year one to two will be significant, more than people expect, but not by magic but rather by the product of talent being maximized by dedication to the craft. He levels up VERY quickly (as anyone who watched him last season saw). As long as he stays healthy, I think he's headed to be all-NBA on a faster-than-you-can imagine trajectory, and the Mavs will rise accordingly.