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

[Mavs2021]

I was listening to the April 4th Cato podcast and he said something interesting.  After the 2011 championship the Cuban run organization stopped looking for good players and instead focused on the hope of finding a great player.  This needs to change now, if Kyrie returns.

Find/develop guys with grit.  Guys who are bulldogs.  Physically and mentally thought players.  Guys who impact winning.  Maybe one guy in the 15-20 million range via trade but also find some guys you can develop or uncover.  On a separate point they mentioned how this team would take somones trash like Brendan Wright or Brandon Bass and put them in a productive role.  This team needs to get back to that.

All the "superstars" they targeted and missed were total trash within 24 months of their proposed contracts: Whiteside, Jordan, Howard, Williams, Lowry and so on. Yes they missed, but it would have been just as bad had they landed. They did get a lot of "good" players in Barnes, Ellis, Parsons or Matthews.

It´s a strategic failure that has been going on for 12 years now. Every off-season they do the same sh*t and expect different results. I can guarantee you they´ll trade the 10th pick, one of Hardy and Green, the 2027 first, plus THJ + Kleber for Myles Turner + Buddy Hield and Mitch McConnell.

Then sign a bunch of washed-up has beens that were not good enough anymore for the real contenders, so had to settle for the NBA retirement home. Guys like Patrick Beverley, Gorgui Dieng, Robin Lopez, Kevin Love, Monretzl Harrell or Blake Griffin, obviously for a salary above the minimum.

Meanwhile the smart teams will pick up Azubuike, McDaniels, Reed, Bitadze, Mo Wagner, Naz Reid, Jaxson Hayes, Chimezie Metu.....