03-28-2021, 02:26 PM
(03-28-2021, 01:08 PM)Mavs2021 Wrote: Yeah, but will they succeed?
Right now they are 10th. Do you think they can get into the top 6 to avoid the dangerous play-in?
Pacers just got LaVert back, arguably their top scorer. Heat added Oladipo, Bjelica and Ariza. Boston re-shuffled their deck. Atlanta has a real coach now. I actually thought the teams most vulnerable are the Hornets and Knicks, but they keep winning and are already four games up on the Bulls with just 25-28 games left. Who knows what the Raptors will do now that the Lowry situation is resolved. I´m not convinced this Vucevic move will pay immediate dividends. Imho it´s more likely the Bulls finish 11th than 6th.
Lavine has nothing to gain from signing an early extension financially, especially with a chance that everybody will be vaccinated by summer 2022, we return to some normalcy and see a big cap spike in 2022.
Though we are obviously still talking about the Mavs here and they haven´t done anything to set themselves up better for such a move. Instead they once again try the same sh*t as usual. Capspace, cause it worked so well the last ten times.
Great points. The Bulls while their moves I consider were upgrades, they really didn't address the defensive side of the ball either. The East while not as good overall as the West, is still competitive. Nobody thought the Knicks and Hornets would be as good as they are at this point in the season.