05-18-2023, 02:00 AM
(05-17-2023, 01:55 PM)Mavs2021 Wrote: You always make it sound like the Mavs hit significant contributors just because it comes with "has been in the league for a few years"-tag. Cause I can´t really see much in this bank. Am I supposed to be impressed by the turnout of Powell, McGee, Bertans, THJ, Wood, Morris?
They only have the MLE. What makes you think they don´t end up with another Richardson, Wright, McGee or dozens of other glorious ideas? Is the 25th pick from last year any worse than air, cause that´s what is left of that IMMEDIATE PRODUCTION.
This team sucks a** at free agency and trades. The most successful season they had in the last decade was build on four players they drafted or signed as undrafted rookies. Their championship was led by a drafted player and the crucial piece that pushed them over the top was a SL walk-on.
Yet for 30 years Mark Cuban is trying to sell us the exact opposite as a strategy to success.
The solution to become a contender in a short term is not drafting, because you just can't build a contender with rookies. The solution is to get better at trades etc.