ROSTER TALK: Mavs favs for Vogel if no HC job exists. Kyrie handshake deal?

[mvossman]

18 month backup plan to recover from losing Brunson?  Hahahahaha!  What chumps. If the backup plan involves high stakes free agency, they may as well go to plan c now. The Mavs will never successfully play on the final table of free agency. That would be like asking Boban to run the point.

The chances for this team to successfully build around Luka on a timeline before he requests a trade now basically hinges on whether and how fast Hardy can develop into a near all star caliber player.

My guess is this is the plan they had regardless of Brunson which involves getting a two way number two.  The Murray trade should be a good barometer for what it will take (the Gobert trade was insane).

Some folks may disagree with me, but I think that player (someone like a Jrue Holiday) makes this team a contender, even without Brunson.