05-18-2023, 07:41 AM
(05-18-2023, 03:06 AM)omahen Wrote: I think the only road forward to contender for Dallas is to keep Kyrie. I think SnT would bring back much less value than Mavs paid for Kyrie and since the Mavs assets were limited before that, I just don't see a way for Mavs to recover from there in the Luka window. Years of mistakes would be just too much. I am not convinced Luka will wait for his supermax and suffer through 3 more seasons like last one. I think he is way too competitive for that. I understand some have different opinion and that is fine. But personally I am not convinced.
If Mavs don't keep Kyrie, the risk of Luka wanting out increases dramatically, imho. This is the road Mavs chose. I am sure they were aware of all risks related to Kyrie but felt pressured to make the deal anyway. In this light all SnT discussions are theoretical, imho. Mavs have zero interest in this and it happens only if Kyrie just rejects Dallas. We can discuss endlessly if Kyrie is the right way, but personally I don't see much point in that. It is a fact. In my opinion, Mavs have a max 2 year window to construct a contender, which requires a very positive result already in year 1. Everything else means trouble. All signs point that Mavs have this way of thinking, so I expect the strategy will be a very short term thinking. Bring in players that can help now. I am sure Mavs will spin their outcome when they fail in their primary goal as the best possible result, but I will not be fooled
I said before, personally, this is the last offseason Mavs get from me. If they fail, I stop watching and wasting time. Mavs need a center and a PF. I expect a clear cut starter on one of the positions. Someone established, someone that would show that Mavs office actually has any competence at all, since all I have watched so far were 4 years of failures. With the other player I could be more lenient, but I really need to see at least one win. I have no interest to support incompetence.
I think you are spot on when it comes to the Mavs point of view. Get the best possible outcome next season. And in my opinion that is the problem. You cannot undo years of incompetence and bad decisions in a single offseason. There is no shortcut. You cannot skip basic roster building moves. And any attempt to do so will only make things worse.