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If you agree that KP and Luka were good moves, you also need to realize the amount of assets we dumped acquiring them. 

-Luka cost us two firsts. 
-KP cost us two future first rounders, the previous years 9th overall pick and we had to take back the salaries of THJ and Lee. 

That left our cupboard really bare and also means that we can't squander what little assets we have for rentals.  I'm not saying that we shouldn't be critical of the MBT as there is plenty to be critical of, but we've done some good things as a team.

Good moves:

-Signed KP. While it was as given as given can be, it was still a good move regardless of if he lives up to the contract IMO. BTW, I think he most likely will barring injury.
-Signed Maxi to a team friendly, long term contract.
-Signed DFS to a team friendly, long term contract.
-Held onto the GSW 2nd round pick.  This is neutral until actually used IMO.
-Turned THJ into a viable starter and made his contract much easier to swallow. This is not a FO grading, it's a coaching success.
-Drafted Brunson.  You can prefer to have Robinson and Jalen is probably never going to be a full-time starter, but I do think he can fill in as a started, be a rock solid backup and will be in the league for 10 years. We drafted Roby this year, not Brunson.
-Trading back for our second last year.  Helped us get Wright (neutral), helped us get WCS (band aid). While not on par with these other moves, I say it's in the Good Moves list. All about baby steps, especially since we unloaded a lot of assets recently to get Luka and KP.

Neutral Moves:

-Held onto the GSW 2nd round pick. From above.
-Singed Wright to a moderate contract. I think this and the next one should just be summed up with the three bullet points in Bad Moves for a horrible offseason plan and execution.
-Signed Curry to a moderate contract.
-Powell extension.  I'm okay moving this to a bad move.  He was a tad overpaid before the injury and what happened to him sucks. No reason to not move it down there, it was unnecessary to extend and now looks horrible due to the injury (which I do not fault the FO for but I've been vocal about the DP extension being a bad idea from the get-go).
-Trading back for our second last year.  Helped us get Wright (neutral), helped us get WCS (band aid).  I don't mind moving this up to the Good Move list. It's why I am so baffled by them not doing something similar this TDL.
-Ditched Harrison Barnes but probably didn't extract enough value from that trade. They didn't extract enough value from him, so it has to be a bad move IMO.

Bad Moves:

-Boban - We don't play him and when we do, don't favor his historic skill set. Lumped in with the poor offseason moves.
-Failed to take advantage of Lee's expiring.
-Failed to take advantage of most of the TPE. Using it for WCS is pretty dang good value IMO, if we had Giles from the trade, the Powell injury might not have been so dire a problem, depending on Giles development here.
-Miami Heat trade debacle to start free agency. This and the next two and the two above can just be summed up as being horrible planning and execution of last offseason.
-Seemingly failed to have meaningful conversations with Kemba and PatBev in free agency.
-Couldn't close on Green in free agency.
-Ditched Harrison Barnes but probably didn't extract enough value from that trade. From above

Needed Moves:

-One of Curry, Wright and Brunson need to be traded before the beginning of next season.  I think the two who don't get traded will flourish with regular playing time and a defined role.
-Add 2-3 starting level two-way players for a championship quality team that has 2 stars with at least 1 wing and a big (or a big wing and a regular sized wing) in the mix. The guys we have are fine if we had 3 Stars to go with them.

There is a lot of roster building to be done to surround Luka and KP with the needed pieces to compete.  I'm fine with the Mavericks stance that this probably isn't our year so no need to gamble assets.  We are early into reconstructed this roster with only Maxi and DFS being core pieces to go with our superstars.  I'd be lying if I didn't say I was a little disappointed by free agency and the TDL and while I do understand wanting to grow talent organically, it's a little frustrating that we aren't making one of our younger, smaller guards available.  I am glad we held onto that GSW 2nd and didn't toss it away for AI or Drummond, those might have made us slightly better this year but that's not an age or skill set you'd want to invest in beyond this half season and they certainly wouldn't let you compete with the upper echelon of teams. 

We do need to be patient but I'm ready to have my pitchfork ready this next off season if it goes as poorly as last.  We need a homerun in the draft or to flip those draft asset into an established, quality starter.

Really enjoyed reading this as it lines up pretty much perfectly in the middle of the two extremes. I like it in the middle personally. Made some changes to your list to line up where I believe the moves go.