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

[hakeemfaan]

Vast majority of people (both fans on this board as well as media) were certain Grant Williams will be great on this team

Personally, I would like Mavs acting like a contender. Always aiming for the best. Look at Lakers, Miami and so on. Vastly inferior assets yet always in play for serious players.

To me the Lakers,  Clips or Miami are not fair comparisons to the Mavs  because players also push their agents to go there. 

At the same time, as many have said, the Mavs FO can always be criticized for believing like they operate out of LA or Miami or believe they are some special franchise instead of digging deep, valuing picks, scouting better, looking for bargains,…etc. 

Since this above approach has stayed constant even after FO has changed regimes, we all know who is behind this lazy, delusional approach to team building.  Sadly that person managed to regain basketball control ( at least for now) even after selling the team.  As long as he is there, nothing will change.