07-01-2022, 02:06 PM
(07-01-2022, 06:52 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: Most of the guys I was hoping for the Tax MLE went higher than I expected. So maybe options were limited.
As of now, I am continued to be disappointed in our front office and don't want to hold out hope they figure things out. Prove it.
If the rest of the moves is Goran and a bench rotational wing, then I don't think that is good enough. Goran may be good. But at his age, I have trouble thinking he can get close to the late season playoff run Jalen had. McGee is probably and upgrade to Powell, but does it matter much with the roster as is? What do we get for Powell and is it better than his expiring contract?
Mavs are back in the stage of looking for an all star. I am so sick of waiting for this and always coming up short. I was hopeful we would have a group of guys who played well together and fit well. Then we could bode time for that last final piece. I feel like we have taken a step back and are now dependent on that big move....you know the one we are always disappointed missing out on.
I don't think everything wrong is on FO. The more i'm thinking the more i'm getting the felling that if only JB was resigned, everyone would grade our offseason with A or at least A-.
Let's be realistic, former FO after 2018 draft did terrible mistakes and currently no one can clean the all that mess in 1 year. And they already did a lot in that way.
As i said before, if it wasn't for JB situation i think everyone would be grading this offseason as a very good one. And the more we see from this JB situation the less we can blame our current FO for this. Yes, they did mistakes with his contract extension before, but if it's true that they didn't even have a chance to present their offer while they go to the NY that has a lot to say also about JB.
And karma can strikes him very easily during next season when all the media would be expecting that they 100+ mil. player to bring them in to playoff.
I don't think he is really such type of a player and that the only winner here is him with the money he got. For the Knicks it can quickly becomes overpaid and untradable, while for us it is the loss because we lost our own draft pick who did tremendous improvment during last season.
So i really don't see the winner here, except JB themself. And i've got the feeling that they offered him such money, more because they got him from us, then they would offer him if they would be signing pg from another team.
The last thing regarding JB, can Knicks be punished for the tampering rules? And what would their punishment bring to us?
BACK TO THE MAVS:
FO solves the center situation with almost 0 assets. Wood as the first option with huge upside was bassicaly traded for nothing and McGee as a backup center with championship experience and rim protection is also nice addition with half of the Powells salary.
Backcourt is also on a good level. Spencer became a little bit undervalued here compared to JB. No one expected JB to took such a leap during last season and Spencer maybe have even bigger potential compared to him. We are also getting THJ back, and healthy THJ won us the same number of games vs Clippers like JB did vs Jazz.
There is also Hardy in wich i have high hopes to become a real threat in the NBA, and probably getting Goran as a backup PG and chemistry.
That roster still looks like:
Wood - McGee - Maxi
DFS -
Bullock - Green
Dinwiddie - Hardaway - Hardy
Luka - Goran - Frank
The redudant players here are Powell and Bertans, so if Nico is capable of trading them for a different player at 4-3 (maybe Tobias Harris if Philly is desperate shopping him), with the Kidd as the HC i think thats the team with potential for a long playoff run.