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[Scott41theMavs]

I get your point. 

I think you might be somewhat underselling the Mavs abilities. They have 3 PGs who I believe they will use each of them in creating offense as well as running the point, when they play. (I think if Sergio is not as skilled as needed, they work to bring his level up, rather than find someone else to play.) They also have 2-3 wings who create offense - definitely both Flagg and also Naji, and perhaps PJ will also do some of that to some extent (and in an emergency, Martin has that skill set in his history). Keep in mind that they only need to play 1 or 2 at a time, and their 2 team leaders will be on the floor A LOT, so they have lots of ways to get a 3rd or 4th player on the floor to have plenty to make it work quite well. 

I also think that to the extent that the above might (or might not) somehow be a tad short, it's close enough where the Mavs are thinking, "We're good. Let's roll with this." You never get the PERFECT roster. If you have small holes (and you always will) you just find ways to work around them. That's why May gets the big bucks, to figure it out. 

So while we dream up all kinds of wild trade ideas to change this or that to some degree, I actually think they are essentially done.

You might be right. It's a spec on what the Mavs are thinking, rather than really saying, "Oh, they're just fine." Imho, they're fine for now, *if* they want to see the season as more developmental than anything else. If that's the case, it rubs me the wrong way in that I don't see the urgency they ought to have in that scenario to clear roster space for Seva. I think he has a sky-high ceiling, however low his current floor might be. It also would seem to indicate that 1) Kyrie really loves the city of Dallas, and that 2) he's having more fun and fulfillment mentoring than he would be in a winning situation. 

Another thing with the developmental approach, I really do believe the PJ-for-Scoot move is there on Portland's end, so if the Mavs aren't doing it, they either don't think much of Scoot at all, or they value PJ long-term more than we think they might, or a blend of those two. In any event, not pulling the trigger on that must mean there are limits to the developmental approach.