04-12-2023, 06:51 PM
I wish the Mavs would adopt a "smart now", instead of a "win now"-strategy. I don´t think for one second that you can only attract or covince a player with "win now"-moves. You need to show him that you are smart and that you have a clear plan and path forward. We have been making these "win-now" summers every year and it never works out. Part of a "smart now"-strategy is also that you make a move in July that does not appear to make you better immediately, but maybe by October, your star player realizes that you know what you are doing.
Walker Kessler was the 22nd pick this year. Denver had #21 and was looking to upgrade the SG/SF position and looking to free minutes for Bones Hyland. Eventually traded for KCP.
What if you offered them Play-off monster Reggie Bullock/#25 for Monte Morris/#21.
So the isolated event is you traded monster play-offs Reggie Bullock for Morris, so you can pick Walker Kessler. The other option is you trade your 1st round pick and get Christian Wood/Reggie Bullock.
Ask Luka in July what he´d rather have and he´ll say Wood/Bullock or Kessler/Morris.
Ask him today whether he´d rather have Bullock or Kessler/Morris next year.
You need to show the players that you know what you are doing. That they can trust you.
Walker Kessler was the 22nd pick this year. Denver had #21 and was looking to upgrade the SG/SF position and looking to free minutes for Bones Hyland. Eventually traded for KCP.
What if you offered them Play-off monster Reggie Bullock/#25 for Monte Morris/#21.
So the isolated event is you traded monster play-offs Reggie Bullock for Morris, so you can pick Walker Kessler. The other option is you trade your 1st round pick and get Christian Wood/Reggie Bullock.
Ask Luka in July what he´d rather have and he´ll say Wood/Bullock or Kessler/Morris.
Ask him today whether he´d rather have Bullock or Kessler/Morris next year.
You need to show the players that you know what you are doing. That they can trust you.
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