08-08-2020, 03:14 PM
(08-08-2020, 02:18 PM)StepBackJay Wrote:Do you think we are better than a healthy Warriors or Blazers team? It´s amazing how triggered some people get by the word tank. If we are stuck between missing the play-offs in 13th or 10th place with a top 10 protected pick the answer what to do is pretty obvious.(08-08-2020, 01:26 PM)Mavs2019 Wrote: Ugh just realized our 1st round pick next year is the unprotected one. With healthy Warriors/Blazers teams, plus all the others currently in the bubble, there is at least a chance we could miss the play-offs next season. I wonder whether the Mavs will feel pressure to upgrade this summer over playing the long game. Knowing this, a trade package around 18+31 just became more likely imho.
I was hoping 2021 was the top 10 protected pick, so we could maybe start a late semi-tank, if necessary, to get another top ten lottery pick. Would have been a nice opportunity. Develop the young guys, either make the play-offs or semi-tank into another top 10.
Man we can't ever get rid of tankers holy cow. We are going to tank with a team that has Luka and KP on it? SMH. I do agree that the Mavs will be trading those picks this summer. The smart move imo is to move THJ + those picks to get a player.
At least for people like myself, cause the only logical explanation to argue against that is that you´d rather turnover the 2021 pick, because you expect an even higher pick in 2022. Maybe you are a Mavs hater already making a downward trajectory projection.
But what I know I also wanted to maximize the odds in 2017 and 2018, which the Mavs failed to do both years. If not for the dumb****ery of the Kings and Hawks, the Mavs winning culture strategy walks away with DSJ and WCJ and we´d be dead last in the West right now.