Mavs off-season and draft 2023 thread

[sig]

The Luka white noise about he won't accept this or that is just noise. Euros seem to stay loyal. Mavs are not far off if they trade some of their vets for vets that fill needs.

Yeh, the amount of depth in this draft is off the charts. Dillon Mitchell is an athletic freak whose draft stock went down because he lost playing time to seasoned upperclassmen on a very good Texas team. He could be as good as any forward in the draft. I'm for adding as many draft picks as possible to add to Luka, KI, Hardy, Green. Also, a lot of polished players being pushed to late first along with players like Mitchell. I don't know how Mavs do that with their assets.

TJD and JHS getting after it. I'd gladly take JHS at 10 and make a deal to obtain a pick to get TJD. Sounds like he is doing well and list of teams interviewing TJD is pretty long at the combine.

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[tap2390]

TJD at #10 would not surprise me one bit. His measurements prove he?s a 5 in the modern NBA.

[sig]

Originally Posted by tap2390

TJD at #10 would not surprise me one bit. His measurements prove he?s a 5 in the modern NBA.

I've seen pretty much every minute he played in college. The improvement in his game from 3rd to 4th year was incredible. Who knew he could handle the ball and pass like he did. Not gonna say he will be Bam Adebayo good but he seems to have a similar style.

[Dallas41]

[QUOTE=sig;1521967]The Luka white noise about he won't accept this or that is just noise. Euros seem to stay loyal. Mavs are not far off if they trade some of their vets for vets that fill needs.

This is the opinion of Iztok Franko

But here is the problem for the ?keep the pick? crowd. Two problems, actually.

First, the Mavericks are not in position to take more risks with a roster this thin, and things didn?t work out the last time the Mavericks took their chances in this draft range?unless you?re still glad they selected Dennis Smith Jr. with the ninth overall pick in 2017 instead of future All-Stars Donovan Mitchell and Bam Adebayo.

And as short as they are on talent, they?re even shorter on time. The Mavericks are all-in on the Doncic timeline; trading for Kyrie Irving removed any trace of doubt about that. They likely have no more than a year to prove to their superstar that they?re capable of constructing a team capable of returning to the conference finals. After that, they enter the back-end of Doncic?s contract, where things could get dicey.

[Melonhead]

[QUOTE=Dallas41;1521979]

Originally Posted by sig

The Luka white noise about he won't accept this or that is just noise. Euros seem to stay loyal. Mavs are not far off if they trade some of their vets for vets that fill needs.

This is the opinion of Iztok Franko

But here is the problem for the ?keep the pick? crowd. Two problems, actually.

First, the Mavericks are not in position to take more risks with a roster this thin, and things didn?t work out the last time the Mavericks took their chances in this draft range?unless you?re still glad they selected Dennis Smith Jr. with the ninth overall pick in 2017 instead of future All-Stars Donovan Mitchell and Bam Adebayo.

And as short as they are on talent, they?re even shorter on time. The Mavericks are all-in on the Doncic timeline; trading for Kyrie Irving removed any trace of doubt about that. They likely have no more than a year to prove to their superstar that they?re capable of constructing a team capable of returning to the conference finals. After that, they enter the back-end of Doncic?s contract, where things could get dicey.

Its always "this year or bust" with this team lol. They were doing this last year too. And this same song and dance will guarantee the mavs will never build a contending team except for a random once in a decade run. Because you cant empty the barrel every summer especially if youre a cheap owner like Cuban. Not to mention the new cba will have an impact on future moves as well.

Every single team making runs yearly are not skipping steps to make a run. Denver, Miami, Boston, Sacramento, Memphis, GS, Milwaukee all built their teams over years of drafts and trades and collecting assets for trades. Mavs keep trying to jump over steps and dont have assets because theyre short on time??

[DevinHarriswillstart]

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[DevinHarriswillstart]

Originally Posted by Melonhead

Its always "this year or bust" with this team lol. They were doing this last year too. And this same song and dance will guarantee the mavs will never build a contending team except for a random once in a decade run. Because you cant empty the barrel every summer especially if youre a cheap owner like Cuban. Not to mention the new cba will have an impact on future moves as well.

Every single team making runs yearly are not skipping steps to make a run. Denver, Miami, Boston, Sacramento, Memphis, GS, Milwaukee all built their teams over years of drafts and trades and collecting assets for trades. Mavs keep trying to jump over steps and dont have assets because theyre short on time??

Bingo. The problem is what is the alternative? If you can fill out the team trading the 10th pick, then you do it. But I can't see that happening.

And let's say Luka does eventually ask out. Do you want a team full of young prospects or a team full of over the hill vets who have no value?

Dallas41 acts like we are full of young guys and no vets. We literally have two promising young players in Hardy and Green. Two.

[Melonhead]

Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

Bingo. The problem is what is the alternative? If you can fill out the team trading the 10th pick, then you do it. But I can't see that happening.

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If it was a top 4 pick, I could see getting back actual rotational pieces. But not with the 10th pick, this isnt the nfl. Teams are not tripping over themselves to give up much value to get the 10th pick(or not the value the mavs are probably seeking). Maybe Im way off though.