2020-2021 AROUND the NBA: Archived

[SleepingHero]

The Mavericks are DEEP. Not deep with great players, but VERY deep with ok-good ones.

Let me pose a question, does it matter the quality of player if the Mavs are deep? We can answer in a couple of ways. If depth is all they're after then no. Depth is depth and having serviceable players at every position is what we're going for.  But shouldn't we prefer the Mavs be as deep as possible with as good of players as possible?

I'm of the school of thought that BPA is always the right move. You can always pivot your plans. If you have too many good players that's the easiest problem to fix. 

Just because these other draftees went to teams that invariably needed them to perform right away doesn't really matter to me. What matters to me is that the prospects are actually performing in these opportunities, and are performing well. I would prefer to have the problem of deciding whether to start Achuwa or WCS if I had the choice, rather than the choice being made for me already because the rookies aren't there yet. 

Other than that, I don't think a single one of those guys would've seen the floor outside of garbage time here before the Covid situation happened.

And that's entirely possible. RC is a notorious hard-ass when it comes to rookies getting a big role on good teams. Are you trying to say that these other prospects are only performing as well as they are because they're given the opportunity to perform, versus their individual talent? 

The only way to figure that out is to put it to the test. Put Terry on a team like the 76ers and put Maxey here and see what happens. They were both projected in the mid 20's on draft night. I believe Maxey would get minutes regardless of the COVID situation. Unfortunately I don't think Philly is really up for this experiment.