Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[mvossman]

Yeah, I don't regret the pick at all, but I wonder if Rez and Yaxel were neck and neck on the Mavs board, with possibly only projected improvement due to age being the slight edge that pushed him over, rather than Rez being just straight up clear ahead. Hope both go on to have good careers with Rez being better obviously. But just the road we look to be going down in terms of the type of players we seem to be targeting, and the way we look to be constructing the roster, essentially having another less talented version of Coop on the floor who can basically do just about everything on offense and defense to an above average or greater level seems to mesh with that direction really well of just loads of multi faceted, multi skilled and multi positional players.

I just think the age difference is more than a slight edge.  The difference between 19 and 20 is a slight edge.  But 23 is kind of a big deal.  It doesn't just put in question his development ceiling, it puts into question his college performance.  How good would the rest of the lottery guys look if they were playing college at 23?  But getting back to my original statement, I can't imagine they didn't pick May's brain when it comes to drafting a Michigan player.  I would be willing to bet he picked Morez, and it I doubt it was due to his age.  I think mental makeup goes a long way with all involved and my guess is Morez was viewed as (much?) stronger in that area.