06-02-2023, 09:32 AM
(06-01-2023, 02:47 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: I love all the false hope these exercises are generating for us. The only real hope for the offseason is that 1) Lindsay has a major voice in strategy and player evaluation, and 2) that Finley hits on another draft pick again (not necessarily at 10). Outside of that, all of the suggestions and scenarios being devised here are pipe dreams. Remember Brunson, and remember the opening of free agency where we had a ton of cap space and good FAs available, the Mavs didn't tamper like the other 29 teams did, Cuban went to dinner, and we got virtually nothing.
To provide a little half full perspective, all of the Mavs futility is free agency related. That's why I have always been skeptical of any plan involving heavily relying on free agency (like plan powder or letting Kyrie walk). But most of the ideas being discussed right now are trades involving draft picks. The Mavs have much better (if mixed) results going that route.