04-29-2020, 08:19 PM
(04-29-2020, 07:12 PM)Mavs2019 Wrote: Yeah he made a mistake not taking Doncic, so did some other teams.
Phoenix took Ayton which was a very safe bet for them as he was the one the owner wanted. Plus Ayton is a good player. Not Doncic good but still good. Atlanta took Young which has been phenomenal plus received a pick for it. So I guess the only other two teams who didn't take Doncic have a good case not to do it. Vlade is the only one that doesn't.
(04-29-2020, 07:12 PM)Mavs2019 Wrote: one decision can change everything
Don't turn it around, it is far from one decision. A lot of arguments were presented to you that Divac last couple of years are not really that great. Yes, Knicks are a bigger joke, Phoenix made some real funny moves lately, but Vlade is quite on par.
Divac 1st round picks: Fox, Bagley, WCS, Papagianis (who?), M. Richardson (who?), Labissiere, Jackson, Giles. So two are good players (being #5 and #2), the rest are not even rotation guys or already totally out of the league.
Good at trades? Franchise player Cousins was traded for Evans (out of league), Hield, Galloway, a 1st round pick that became Giles and Jackson (after trading Collins to Portland) and a second round pick (#34) that became Frank Mason III and was waived in 2019. I wouldn't really call this a great trade, compared to what (for example) New Orleans got for Davis or OKC for George.
This trade is a gem: to clear cap space he traded Stauskas, Landry, Thompson, 1st round pick and 2 future pick swaps (one resulted in becoming Tatum) for the rights of two international guys that will never play in NBA. It is regarded by many as most lopsided trade in history (by Wikipedia). List of free agents signed is very long, but none of them left a significant mark.
(04-29-2020, 07:12 PM)Mavs2019 Wrote: 18th best record in the league, playing in the better conference.
You know better than that. It is one thing to be 18th or worse in the league with clear way up because you are rebuilding. Sacramento has a long way to go even to get to the playoffs and they are not really in a rebuilding mode. Seems like this will be quite an achievement for this bunch with Fox and Bagley being the only young guys on the team. Future will be locked in big contracts of Hield, Barnes, (probably) Bogdanovic and following the ones of Fox and (most likely) Bagley. Sacramento hasn't seen playoffs since 05-06, the longest tenure.
In all his years Divac strategy seemed to be to build a competitive team and every year he fails. He is extremely active, doing many trades but none of them leads to either a rebuild or improved results. Year and year again the free agents he signs don't really make a difference, picks are mostly bad and trades don't really add value. 3 coaches were changed during his tenure and none was able to really turn it around. Yes, there are perhaps even worse cases in NBA. You always have the ultimate joke being Knicks. Still, we can safely say Divac is locked in the bottom five.