06-27-2023, 03:02 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-27-2023, 03:02 PM by KillerLeft.)
(06-27-2023, 02:55 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: If you aren't assuming either of those things, then the Mavs currently have no starting center. Or you're relying on a rookie to come in and be able to contribute day 1, with McGee+Holmes covering.
To me, that center position almost rivals last years and has an argument for being worse.
Correct.
The difference between you and me is that you think the Mavs will be a competitive team in THIS SEASON’S playoffs with Ayton, or maybe a better way of phrasing it is that you’re trying to find a way for them to compete NOW, hell or high water.
I am not burdened by that hurdle.
Once you wrap your head around the idea that there’s most likely no way for them to compete this season (too many mistakes over the past few summers) then I THINK you’ll be where I am - ready for another potential down year (maybe not THAT down) but with a reasonable expectation that at this time NEXT year, things will seem more possible. More hopeful. More fun.
Ayton kills all of that for me, because I view him as a cap clogging dead end. Just like what I said about Porzingis right after Portland taught us how useless he is during that game in the bubble.