08-19-2022, 12:11 PM
(08-19-2022, 11:47 AM)sterlingmallory Wrote: Every time I see Bane or Saddiq Bey vs Green come up in conversation I'm reminded about how truly godawful this front office is at identifying young talent. I really hope this new scouting hire will fix this because the Mavs track record in basically the last 25 years has been horrific other than Luka, Dirk, Brunson, Devin Harris, and Josh Howard. Luka and Dirk are two very, very big hits and that's great but man we can't draft mid-first round talent to save our lives.
The good news is that this one aspect of front office activity has the greatest chance of changing with the new regime. They can't make Cuban do something to which he's philosophically opposed, but they can target different attributes in players with the opportunities he allows them.
Too early to know whether they're better at evaluating young players, but I think there's already evidence that they're looking for different things, at least. The Hardy pick is just one of several moves they've made the the former regime wouldn't have, imo.