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Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky
I may actually defend Amare this time-- what the hell am I thinking?
This team as it is built isn't going anywhere. What happens if we roll into next season with another McGee (MLA guy who doesn't play) instead of Wood? Luka walks anyway. Kyrie either leaves or becomes our Beal. That 2029 pick looks REALLY scrummy for the Nets. Mavs have terrible talent and no future.
Trading Luka or Kyrie (or potentially both) is probably a smart call, because Luka's defense and inability to play with the team he has are real issues.
options
1) Trade Luka for a shit ton of good role players and picks. Think Randle/Robinson or Turner/Nesmith + picks. With Kyrie leading and Green/Hardy taking bigger roles, we could be really good
2) SnT Kyrie for some similar pieces (although SnT for Kyrie probably nets you less)
3) Trade both of them. Go hard on the young guys. Name Hardy and Green as the back-court starters for the near future and get some young talent at 3-5 to support them along with some nice picks.
4) Play this shit roster with this shit coach and go nowhere.
I personally would go with anything but 4.
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So, you want to start 'the process'. Philly did that for years and years, and while it does seem to be paying off now, remember it took years and years of utter failure. Rockets did the same thing, and where are they at now? Do you really want to wait 5, 6, 7, 8 years before the Mavs are any good again???
Trading Kyrie might make sense. No idea what his view of staying is. While the Mavs clearly regressed after the trade, its not his fault...it's what they gave up (any semblance of defense). Kyrie for Anthony Davis might make sense, but are Mavs fans ready for a guy injured WAY more often than KP?
What I saw in last couple of games is a team *finally* playing hard again, but that lets too many easy buckets in, and just can't close out defensive situations with a key rebound. 2 7 footers on the floor, and can't rebound (and that's not on McGee). Some of this is want to...anyone in the NBA can rebound, and block out. You just have to want to. Saw Luka standing idly by too often while other team drove to the rim, or got a key rebound. That's got to stop. But these things seem more addressable than blowing it up and waiting years to see how that all works out. Heck, McGee is already showing how change can happen from within...he's a completely different player these last few games, and was the main reason the Mavs were close in them. Woods, though? notsomuch. You can clearly see why they had been playing him limited minutes. It's not his offense, but Mavs don't need offense. It's his defense and rebounding. Will that click for him? If not, then perhaps he's the one they should trade...but other teams see him the same way.
Any chance at all of getting DFS back somehow. Did he seem like what we were missing against Miami (no one could guard Jimmy B)? He's not happy in Brooklyn, and not playing well. Something to explore...would make a HUGE difference here. Miss Dinwiddie's defense as well.