while this has been beat to death like a dead horse before- so one more time. It would be nice to have a second option. It is not easy to get one without paying a big price. So the team goes out and guts the present team to acquire on. Then all the eggs are in one basket. NO one can tell when any individual player will have a bad game or series. You put all your eggs in that basket and the player could go cold and that leaves you with no other options. This team is now built on a diversified offense. It's based on ball movement and spreading the scoring. The odds of all the players going cold on any given day are highly improbable. The odds of a second option going cold very possible. Hay Terry did it every year. Josh Howard who was the second option didn't work out either. Most of the time a second option is someone who needs to have the ball in his hands to create which if they are not on tends to create a ball movement log jamm that takes everyone else out of the flow of the game.
Right now there are so many players who are capable of scoring at any given time having a relegated second option would negate the strength of this team which is it's depth. And unless one dropped out of the sky the cost would not be worth the gamble.
How do you know that the FO didn't attempt to make a deal? Do you want them to make any deal just for the sake of making one? People in hell want ice water. The mavs are not in desperation mode right now. The wrong deal is worse than no deal. It then takes more time and effort to undo the damage that was done.
No one in the NBA is dealing with unlimited resources and some of you just cant seem to comprehend that. As a previous poster also mentioned there is a coming collective bargening agreement to consider. Most of these last day trades were done because of that not neccessarily to improve their teams. They were lateral moves. The very fact that the Celtics were involved in trades that changed a successful roster is an example of the importance of preparing for the future effect of the coming agreement. The wrong move can destroy a francise for some time. The degree that one gambles should be in proportion to the degree of desperation that one is in. Right now the Mavs have as good a shot as most of the top teer teams do.
It would do some of you a lot of good if you could learn to think outside of the box and not only stick to worn out concepts. Instead take advantage for the opportunity for new inovative ideas.
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