11-11-2023, 10:11 AM
(11-11-2023, 10:06 AM)surfpuckmd Wrote: It's too early in the season to give up assets in a trade. We need to give it a couple more months to know exactly what we have. Kleber deserves a couple of months to see if he can get back to who he was in the 2022 playoffs. If he can, then our roster looks fairly complete. If he can't then we can find a competent backup big who's much less expensive than Poeltl.
Man, this nails it, imo.
Armed with the knowledge that starting the rookie has resulted in a better team than expected, the LAST thing I’d want to do is upset the apple cart by bringing in someone who’d expect to start over him. There is a synergy to these things, up to and including personality, even. What the Mavs are doing right now is working. Their goal (after a couple of months, I agree) should be to supplement, not to replace.
The move from here is to gradually expect MORE from Lively. Better play, longer minutes…all of it.
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