The thing that always gets me is this.
Denver are already a dominant champion with their whole core in their physical prime and the team they just played in the finals is about to add a healthy Tyler Herro (for Robinson) and Bradley Beal (for Lowry) and our LOTTERY TEAM owner thinks that to replace Dwight Powell with Clint Capela will make up for this gap within one summer.
Why can´t they approach the situation with some common sense and plan for the summer of 2024, where they finish the roster construction to be a real contender, when the play-offs start in May 2025. That way there is no pressure to deal the #10 pick, cause he´ll have two years to be ready just like Jaden Hardy and Josh Green. There is no pressure to trade Bertans or McGee now, cause they will be bought out in the summer of 2024, plus THJ will be on an $16M expiring contract.
The only pressure comes more the Mavs Luka panic and delusion that they can build this roster into a contender from the lottery in one summer, with the least amount of assets in the whole league. That short-sighted arrogance has always been Cuban´s downfall and it will be again, cause others exploit it over and over again.
Most likely it will lead to another horrible decision/trade around the 10th pick like they did nby trading the 2022 1st round pick. Here are also some win now facts:
Christian Wood in April 2023: 14/5/2, 50/38/82
Jaden Hardy in April 2023: 16/3/3, 45/50/78
So much for win now. The only saving grace of Nico´s whole GM stint is that draft day trade and Jaden Hardy pick. All his other roster moves have been horseshit, if we are totally honest. I say the draft is where his expertise is and where he came from. It´s also the place Cuban probably interfers the least with, cause outside of trading the pick, he has no interest in it.
I´d be so curious to know IF other GMs/owners call/ed and text/ed Cuban directly for draft day trades, cause they might be concerned Nico/Donnie just block away their calls/messages. The ideas are probably so one-sided and stupid no self-respecting person would consider them.
That trade I probably do. Only Taylor Hendricks would make me think about it. I´d do it over Walker, Black or Ausar Thompson.
Denver are already a dominant champion with their whole core in their physical prime and the team they just played in the finals is about to add a healthy Tyler Herro (for Robinson) and Bradley Beal (for Lowry) and our LOTTERY TEAM owner thinks that to replace Dwight Powell with Clint Capela will make up for this gap within one summer.
Why can´t they approach the situation with some common sense and plan for the summer of 2024, where they finish the roster construction to be a real contender, when the play-offs start in May 2025. That way there is no pressure to deal the #10 pick, cause he´ll have two years to be ready just like Jaden Hardy and Josh Green. There is no pressure to trade Bertans or McGee now, cause they will be bought out in the summer of 2024, plus THJ will be on an $16M expiring contract.
The only pressure comes more the Mavs Luka panic and delusion that they can build this roster into a contender from the lottery in one summer, with the least amount of assets in the whole league. That short-sighted arrogance has always been Cuban´s downfall and it will be again, cause others exploit it over and over again.
Most likely it will lead to another horrible decision/trade around the 10th pick like they did nby trading the 2022 1st round pick. Here are also some win now facts:
Christian Wood in April 2023: 14/5/2, 50/38/82
Jaden Hardy in April 2023: 16/3/3, 45/50/78
So much for win now. The only saving grace of Nico´s whole GM stint is that draft day trade and Jaden Hardy pick. All his other roster moves have been horseshit, if we are totally honest. I say the draft is where his expertise is and where he came from. It´s also the place Cuban probably interfers the least with, cause outside of trading the pick, he has no interest in it.
I´d be so curious to know IF other GMs/owners call/ed and text/ed Cuban directly for draft day trades, cause they might be concerned Nico/Donnie just block away their calls/messages. The ideas are probably so one-sided and stupid no self-respecting person would consider them.
(06-18-2023, 10:30 AM)ItsGoTime Wrote: I was thinking if they were making Okongwu available instead of Capela maybe a different angle?
Okongwu, Bey and Griffin for 10, Bullock and McGee?
That trade I probably do. Only Taylor Hendricks would make me think about it. I´d do it over Walker, Black or Ausar Thompson.