Darren wrote:I think Cuban is the real decision maker. There's actually no GM for the Mavs at all. This offseason is a disaster. The Mavs should not had going over the cap and overpay their own players. I don't really know how to evaluate Harrison at all. It is mainly Cuban (to scare FAs away from signing, overpaying the mediocre) and Texas fault (unattractive city with covid problem).
Picking Up option on WCS is bad.
Overpaying Boban is average to bad.
Overpaying Hardway is bad.
Overpaying Bullock is bad.
Signing Brown with BAE is also bad.
Letting go of Bey and Hinton
Adding Kidd as coach
The goods are limited to:
J-Rich for TPE and Moses Brown trade.
Ntilikina at MIN
Signing Eugene Omoruyi
Bringing back Tyson Chandler and JJ Barea
I think the Mavs should have prioritized player development instead. No FA want Texas (LA, Miami and so on are far more attractive). So the Mavs target is limited to Texas natives (homecoming) and international players (with international roster and no state tax) in FA pool. I think adding Barea and Chandler help. So is letting Fin handling draft next offseason. But, Kidd doesn't impress much in player development instead despite all the Giannis glory a couple of seasons ago. And Kidd shows the same stubbornness playing Powell, WCS, Bullock, Hardaway...despite consecutives no shows. Whoever getting paid getting playing time is not something help any teams win anything. This is Cuban's fault.
Simple as that... Oh well maybe not for all
Cuban wants yes man and Nico Harrison is only the next one. Hope this TDL change my opinion obviously.
We are in big trouble but Cuban has a lot of apologies ready... Injuries, Covid, new ball ecc ecc.