Bob8 wrote:arkuo wrote:Bob8 wrote:
Suns were shooting even worse and are normally much better shooting team.
The problem for Mavs is that KP is not good enough second option. Suns have 2 great players, who can close games + Ayton as very good C+ 1 of the best defenders in Bridges. They have class better team. 4/5 best players from both teams are from Suns.
To be fair, Devin Booker did his time by waiting for the right team to be built around him. The suns were perenial cellar dwellers before they got the chance to get CP3. Where as Luka fans want him to be surrounded by all stars and win a championship all on his first few years in the league, or he will what? Demand a trade? Pout his way into not playing? LMAO.
Simple answer to Luka is be patient and do his time. Wait for his chance to get his own "CP3" and lose some weight during this process. No 22 year old is winning an NBA championship on his first few seasons. Not even Luka Doncic for that matter.
What are you talking about? Who said anything about Luka demanding a trade? I'm just saying that Suns were one of the worst teams in Luka's draft and made much better moves since. What I'm afraid of is not Luka demanding the trade, but Mavs giving rich long term contracts to Brunson and DFS. This would been nail in the coffin. Mavs are overachieving with this roster, the worst possible scenario would be, if they somehow made to second round and then management understand that they're close with their roster. They're not.
Suns' roster is great example of balance. You have great Pg, great scorer, great defender, very good C and very good bench. Mavs have Luka, who is doing everything, big, who plays as SF and bunch of role players, who all look exactly the same.
Yeah but they did it by sucking for multiple years. They missed the playoffs for 10 straight years and Booker only made his first playoff appearance in his sixth season. Compare that to Doncic making it to the playoffs in his second.
As for roster composition, the Suns are not that much better than the mavs talent wise imo, it's just the pieces fit better. Suns bench isn't better than mavs bench.
As for DFS and Brunson, it's better to keep them imo. They will not return equal or better value if traded right now due to them being expirings. And if the mavs let them go for nothing, they'll still be over the cap next season and unable to sign marquee FAs. So it's best to sign them to competitive contracts and play them or trade them next season. It is what it is. This is the mavs team for the foreseeable future. The opportunity to build around Doncic while on a rookie contract is gone, so's the GM that failed to take it. Is Harrison the answer? Probably not, but he's who the mavs got.
It isn't that bad though, I'm more confident in this mavs team to beat anyone in the west this year then I was on them beating healthy Clippers last year. Don't get me wrong, all due respect to the suns, warriors, grizzlies and the jazz, they're great teams, but they just don't put the fear of god in me. I'm not saying the mavs WILL definitelly beat any of them, but I'm saying there's a realistic chance they could.
