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

[Mavs2021]

You are neglecting gazillion of moves for young players that never turn it around. Mavs did try with Justin Jackson or FN in the past, but neither turned it around despite getting plenty of chance. Also, stats from tanking games have little to no value.

Of course they have plenty of value. If a player sucks in meaningless games with little defense that either means he doesn´t care enough to try himself (bad attitude) or he´s not even good enough in these games (bad skills). So by process of elimination you can already find the players that can perform well, when given an opportunity.

Next you look at the teams they come from?

Does the team draft well historically? The Lakers and Grizzlies seemingly can´t f****** miss.
What is the personal situation of the player? Azubuike is stuck behind Kessler/Markkanen/Olynyk. Reed is stuck behind Embiid.

Here are some players the Mavs should look at from the early games, that are mostly at HALFTIME:

Paul Reed (Sixers) 10 pts, 6 rebs, 3 blocks.
Jalen McDaniels (Sixers) 6 pts, 3 rebs, 2 asts, 2 steals
Jalen Johnson (Hawks) 7 pts, 3 asts, 2 blocks, 2 rebounds, 1 steal
Sergei Mykhailiuk (Hornets) 6 pts, 5rebs, 3 asts
Goga Bitadze (Magic) 2pts, 6 rebs (in nine minutes).

Kris Dunn looked like his body was as broken as his shot, but he was a good defender. Since Utah picked him, he´s averaging 13/6/4 on 54/45/74 shooting.
Utah also picked up Samanic, who averages 10/5/2. Just like Houston picked up KPJ for nothing, who was like JET´s adopted son.

It´s like Cuban can only accept troubled players, when they cost him at least three draft picks like Porzingis, Rondo and Irving. When he can literally have talented players on the minimum for nothing like Samanic or KPJ, that´s where he draws the line.

Those are all players that will make between the minimum and the MLE. 

Bitadze is the legit rebounding and shotblocking big. Reed is the versatile space defender. McDaniels is your wing defender. Mykhailiuk is your sharpshooter with some play-making ability from SG/SF. These players are out there, but you need to show them the minutes, the vision and that you believe in them. All you need to show McGee was 18/3 and he was looking at summer vacations on the Bahamas.