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[SleepingHero]

I think some of you guys like Kamm are better at evaluating draft prospects than the Mavs.  Mavs seem to "give up" once they can't get their main target.  Reminds me of the Shane Larkin draft.  Once Donnie couldn't get Giannis, he just threw a dart at the board.

I feel the same about this draft. Less so about the Green pick and much more about the Terry pick I might add. I think the Mavs really wanted Bane at 31 and he was snatched away at the last moment and they panicked. 

However in the 1st round, I think their top 3 choices were Haliburton, Haliburton, and Haliburton, and when they couldn't get him they decided to go with the hardest worker and someone who really showed they wanted to be a Maverick, despite the actual talent level. Josh Green was that to a T. It remains to be seen if that's the right philosophy for drafting.

I assume that's the same philosophy they applied to the 2018 draft. Except there, the Hawks actually did make the trade the Mavs wanted and the Mavs got their guy. And no one came and grabbed Brunson at the last second. That draft mindset we could say worked out extremely well there.

And hypothetically let's say the Suns played ball and did make the trade the Mavs supposedly tried to do at #10. Then the Mavs would've walked away from draft night with Haliburton at 10 and someone at 36 (I assume it was 18+31+future first for 10 and the Curry trade still happens). Haliburton/T.Bey would've been seen as another amazing draft by the MBT.