(01-07-2024, 04:55 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: Rocky's observation above was spot on. I love the idea of swapping Ky for Murray, especially for defense and timeline. However, it's not just the locker room - and 1000% agree that Ky and GWill are the lynchpins of this year's locker room - but also panache and free agent attraction. Free agents seem to love Kyrie in spite of his repeated flakiness in off-court matters. Luka and Murray don't seem to have that - at all. As a matter of fact, it would behoove the Mavs to have Luka and Kyrie sit down for a beer or two and discuss roles. The mantra last year was "get Luka some help." Thanks to DP, it's the mantra this year too. But when Kyrie is healthy, Luka has to learn to let Kyrie help Luka shoulder some of the burden - even when they're both on the court. If Luka would simply knock off the heliocentric horseshit, that kills several birds with one stone: 1) gives Luka far more energy for the defensive end, on which he has shown great strides this year, to the extent that he can even become something of a difference-maker, 2) makes the rest of his teammates happy and gives them more active and exciting roles, 3) wins more games, since it's simply winning basketball, and 4) makes the Mavericks far more attractive to free agents.
A coach with half a brain cell would have sussed this a long time ago.
Don't you think you are very unfair? Luka and Mavs adjusted a lot this season. They are playing much faster and Luka reduced his usage rate significantly in the first part of the season, when Kyrie was healthy. They played exactly two gamea together after Kyrie injury and after Luka had to carry a team for 12 games. One game was a blowout loss and the other a blowout victory. Perhaps a couple of games are needed to adjust back...
(01-07-2024, 05:11 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: Not sure if 48 minutes of rim running is enough to put the Mavs over the top. I have seen enough of Capela and similar bigs to have my doubts. Maybe a good move if the goal is to win 50 regular season games but come playoff time I can easily imagine that one of them is a DNP-schemed out of the game (I hope it won't be Lively). Leaving the Mavs with Maxi (if he ever returns) or Grant (super small).
If center minutes are what the Mavs need it has to be someone that can survive in the playoffs. Someone like Maxi. Just younger and healthy. Not easy to find. Maybe Stewart if Detroit still wants to add a couple of vets to right the ship. But it seems like the front office would prefer to move Bagley/Wiseman.
At least on my part I was clear that I don't want the Capela trade to reduce Mavs chances of getting the starting PF. Hunter or Bey are not that and trading for any of them would be a much bigger obstacle for that than trading for a center that Mavs also need.