[purplefrog]

I have had more than one round of frustration with the play of the Mavs, RC, and the MBT. But as the season has progressed, I have found myself looking around the league and seeing other teams experiencing similar inconsistencies like we see with the Mavs. I just believe this is a bizarre year with COVID and the condensed schedule. Bottom line, FWIW, I don't think there are many take away messages from this season. I have some strong opinions, but I can also see the logic in what RC and the MBT have tried to do this year. Much of it did not work as we had anticipated (JRich, for example). But I also remember at the beginning of the season being excited that the Mavs could make a deep run in the playoffs. In other words, the moves the MBT made looked good on paper. I have no idea what the MBT was or was not trying to do at the trade deadline, so, for now, I have decided to be patient. Do we have any other choice? I am tired of being in, what feels like, a state of constant outrage. My biggest concern is keeping Luka happy and a Mav for his entire career.