Trade & FA 2023-24: Stein-Ingram Trade Inevitable| LAL Want Lebron Back On Any Terms

[KillerLeft]

The guy that would be "blocking Omax development" would be DJJ, not the starter level wing we would bring. Omax is no where near ready to be a starter. You can't wait 2-3 seasons for Omax to perhaps develop to a starting level wing and ride with current team just because you don't want to block his development. Kyrie will be 34 by then... If Omax develops in starting level wing you have good problems to worry about. You can never have too many wings.

I understand this point from your perspective...just not sure I share your perspective. 

For example, I think at this point, the choice in the road is: should we (the Mavs) care about getting something done before Kyrie turns 34? My answer would be no, I think. 

Look how much better this all looked RIGHT AWAY, the second they stopped making (their version of) short-sighted moves. It's a little ironic, but them stepping back and playing for the future just a bit has actually made the team better RIGHT NOW. I would keep going that direction, not change course, but I admit it gets a little tougher to sell when it's possible to delude ourselves into the idea that this team could compete this year. I still don't believe that will be the case, but I'm sure that camp has more people joining as time goes by. 

I just think I'd want to get to the bottom of Lively, Green, Hardy and O-Max before I SPEND ASSETS and burden my cap for players similar to them. That's all. I'm in no hurry, and in fact, I think hurry is the surest way to mess this up.