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[SleepingHero]

 So he has to play like he's never played before in his life for the Mavs to go from a 6 seed to a 4 seed?  Hard pass unless they take Powell's contract.

He's not going to remotely make them a title contender.

Essentially yeah. Thats why I'm quite hesitant on any Drummond trade. The one thing thats in favor of it happening is that the Mavs are asking Drummond to just play to his strengths and to hustle. They're not asking him to do any ground breaking stuff. If Drummond just rolled to the rim quickly and effectively then he's doing exactly what the Mavs want. Almost any  big can do that. Mavs also have a knack of creating elite rim rollers. Before Powell it was Brandan Wright. If they could do it with them, why couldn't Drummond do it? He's built better than both of them and has all the tools. 


The only hiccup comes from Drummond himself, and whether or not he buys in. And thats a big risk, because we've seen Drummond not care that much about basketball. Could it be the fact he's been plagued by quite shit teams in Detroit and a winning situation could turn things around? Maybe. But its a real risk and why in any Drummond proposal they'd have to limit the assets going out. 

However if Drummond worked out, then the Mavs jump would be more than just a 6th to a 4th seed. They'd be bonafide contenders this season. And as Cubes always says, good teams make the playoffs, hot teams win championships. Who's to say the Mavs don't get hot in the playoffs?