07-15-2022, 04:37 PM
The Mavs problem continues to be a lack of assets. There are ways to remedy that, but quick fixes usually make it even worse.
As to the Westbrook/strip down approach, I think it has even smaller likelihood of success than most, because it's all based on getting a player you don't want, getting rid of players you do want and need, and hoping to get lucky in 2023. It's all-or-nothing on getting the unknown star as a free agent, and are there even any likely-to-be-available stars next summer?
The solutions that last are ones where you figure out the draft, learn how to develop players, and negotiate a bargain here or there in free agency, all of which take lots of work to learn, and time to execute. You also sign your own talent when the time comes, OR you trade them for talent if you don't want to keep them. But if you develop the expertise do that expertly, you never have the stream of excess talent that other teams will want, when it's time to trade.
As to the Westbrook/strip down approach, I think it has even smaller likelihood of success than most, because it's all based on getting a player you don't want, getting rid of players you do want and need, and hoping to get lucky in 2023. It's all-or-nothing on getting the unknown star as a free agent, and are there even any likely-to-be-available stars next summer?
The solutions that last are ones where you figure out the draft, learn how to develop players, and negotiate a bargain here or there in free agency, all of which take lots of work to learn, and time to execute. You also sign your own talent when the time comes, OR you trade them for talent if you don't want to keep them. But if you develop the expertise do that expertly, you never have the stream of excess talent that other teams will want, when it's time to trade.