(12-31-2020, 08:59 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: The Mavs on the other hand? I don't even know where to start. Defense issues. Offense issues. Rotational issues. The roster makeup needs to be improved. But even that avenue has issues. The Mavs certainly need to make trades, but how many trades and for what? There's no consensus even here among some of the most hardcore Mavs fans. Some want a defensive PF. Others think we need a big. Others think we should focus on getting a good guard. Others think that the position doesn't even matter and it's all about potential fit.SH, I have the impression that you are genuinely shocked at the condition of the Mavs, and that you think that blowing up the team four games into the season should be on the table.
See where I'm getting at? I'm not trying to be too reactionary but the problems we've been seeing so far aren't easy fixes. And the Mavs have a lot of them. Which is why other good teams having the same or worse record than the Mavs right now doesn't matter.
I think the absence of KP is also having a larger effect than I originally gave it credit originally. We need him bad. Which is why Carlisle is suddenly saying within the next 2 weeks a KP return is likely. Mavs are ramping him back up because even they're starting to feel the heat
I agree that the performance so far has been disappointing, and that the team may have been somewhat overhyped before the season. It also seems like this could easily just be that they are in pre-season mode when the season is already started. KP will be back, and Luka will hopefully round into shape, which will change the team's look considerably. I'm not saying they're going to win the title or anything, but they seem like they should be good candidates for getting into the second round.
I'm curious. What were you expecting? I am not taking a stand that one of us is right and the other is wrong, just wondering how you were seeing the picture before the games started.