03-02-2023, 11:10 PM
(03-01-2023, 12:36 PM)F Gump Wrote: I've said it many times, and it bears repeating ---
Until Cuban hires an EXPERT (and takes himself out of the equation, fully empowering the expert) to handle the player evaluation, negotiation, drafting, development, and all the other roster-building tasks, the Mavs will continue to blunder their way along. It's a GM's league, there are only 30 teams, and the competition has EXPERTS who are actively competing against the Mavs.
The fact that Cuban chose to replace Donnie with a man who has none of those skills, and will be learning on the job while competing against others who are miles ahead and also learning more skills, it was a terrible choice. They needed an expert, and got a kindergartner. While we are disappointed by what's going on, none of these results should be surprising.
They still have no clue how to get players who are two-way talents -- in particular, those who can defend -- so how are they going to fix this? Blind leading the blind.
I can’t read this without wondering if the entire premise is disproved by the 90s Bulls. Their GM imho was one of the biggest idiots in league history. And yet, 6 rings. Sure, that was a long time ago. But I’m just having a hard time believing this has become a GM’s league. Very hard. If this team fails, it’s because of Luka or Kyrie or both. That’s how I see it anyway.
Pessimism doesn’t make you smart, just pessimistic.