DRAFT: #18 [Green] & #31 [Terry] & trade for #36 [Tyler Bey]

[Mapka]

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Yeah that's really not a very good reason. We are in win now mode because we can be? Nope. The only teams that can afford to be blase about long term roster building are teams like the Lakers that can attract almost any FA they want. Or desperate teams, with aging superstars. Being in win now mode is also a very easy way to handicap yourself into salary cap hell, stuck with bad contracts for low value, immoveable, average NBA players, or just having a constant rotation of recycled average players that don't move you forward much and don't give you much in the way of valuable assets to go out and upgrade if you aren't able to do anything in FA. Also there is a huge difference between the Sixers and Timberwolves. Don't even know what you are saying there. Sixers are a perennial playoff team with plenty of desirable assets they can use in trades to take the next step. They are not remotely in a bad position, but obviously if your GM isn't any good they can ruin any roster. The collection of tradeable assets the Sixers have built up is far, far superior to what we have. Yeah Luka is the best player, but we aren't trading him, we are trying to build around him. I'm not sure you understand about the concept of high value asset collection, because your statement about not even trying to win isn't really relevant at all. My post was not purely meant to be about who we specifically take with pick 18 anyway, more about the whole mindset of being in win now mode, the fact the Mavs have been for a long time, and the bad job they have done at asset collection, where other franchises have done it way better despite being consistent playoff teams.

To me I don´t need other reasons for trying to win than Love for the Game and Competitivness.

I´m with you, the MBT does an aweful job in amassing assets as they aren´t even trying. They do try to build a team.
To make things worse, an asset in the NBA is something, that´s more valueable to someone else than to you and our players tend to overachive.

I´m not sure which teams you see collecting assets and playing winning basketball. I give you the Nuggets by taking a gamble on Porter Jr. - could have gone the other way and they sunk a first.

I also don´t see a way that doesn´t at least give a chance to win now and makes some sense.
What are the win-now moves you are afraid of?