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

[mvossman]

I have Mavs depression setting in.  For some reason I spent most of my morning drive thinking about the Mavs and how they could improve and what their realistic paths were to contention via roster building.

It was a struggle.

Besides crossing my fingers and hoping they extended CWood, Hardy turned into Jordan Poole and Green turned into Keldon Johnson...I couldn't come up with much.

This is in large part due to the mess of a roster they've put together.  It's also due to the fact that I couldn't even think of creative ways to hit reset because Cuban wouldn't do any of it.  He won't take on money for picks/prospects.  He won't admit any mistakes.  He won't give up current production for future upside.  He won't stay above the LT.  He is the one thing worse than a cheap owner....he's a cheap owner that meddles.

Of course I will keep watching and hoping, but damn if I don't feel like this is a worse situation than I ever could have pictured after they walked off the floor vs the Warriors in the WCF.

It could have been a lot worse.  Letting Brunson walk and the McGee signing were bad, but the Wood trade and his subsequent play has been a big plus (hopefully they don't screw that up), Green could easily not have progressed as well as he has this season and Hardy is looking like a promising second round pick.  Those last three things could not have happened and this thing would be so much worse.

I'm not feeling the doom and gloom yet for this season.  This team has gone through a rough patch injury wise and managed to stay around 500.  I think if we can get healthy and maybe make a small TDL move we could finish top 5 and get a series win.  

Tax teams don't take on bad salary for picks, so that was never going to happen.  The only bad contracts right now are Bertans and McGee and they could both be stretch waived if necessary and we will be in possession of all of our picks in the offseason.  I don't even think the roster is that much of a mess.  It just needs a couple of upgrades that we will actually have the assets get soon.