Mavs off-season and draft 2023 thread

[SMC0007]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

I think we got him because he was worth the risk, red flags and all. It's not like we gave up much

Pick? Wendell Moore who is likely out of the league after his contract. He's getting DNPs and hasn't been improving.

Players? Boban is the only one still in the league, right? Even that is because he's a good person and not an effective player.

Essentially gave up nothing for him.

That's one way to look at it.

He was a wasted asset in hand. Move him for...something, perhaps. How long did it take to realize they weren't going to use him because of said red flags? They didn't start him until they had to from injuries.
Lose JB for nothing, add C Wood, lose him for nothing.

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by SMC0007

That's one way to look at it.

He was a wasted asset in hand. Move him for...something, perhaps. How long did it take to realize they weren't going to use him because of said red flags? They didn't start him until they had to from injuries.
Lose JB for nothing, add C Wood, lose him for nothing.

I am 100% not defending getting a piece and then letting it slip away

Even thought we didn't give up much in the scheme of things, we continue to absolutely suck at developing assets or at least getting something for our assets.

[saclare]

Originally Posted by SMC0007

That's one way to look at it.

He was a wasted asset in hand. Move him for...something, perhaps. How long did it take to realize they weren't going to use him because of said red flags? They didn't start him until they had to from injuries.
Lose JB for nothing, add C Wood, lose him for nothing.

Bingo. I'd argue it's simply a wasted asset because who is to say the Mavs make the pick? They could have easily used it in a more beneficial trade. That's waste.

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by saclare

Bingo. I'd argue it's simply a wasted asset because who is to say the Mavs make the pick? They could have easily used it in a more beneficial trade. That's waste.

It's really easy in hindsight, though. I'm not sure at the time it was as easy. We are devoid of talent. We needed talent. We saw a potential star for a low first-rounder that ended up being a bust. Could we have drafted better or gotten more with that? It's hard to tell.

It does sound like after we realized he wasn't going to be that guy, we tried to get something-- anything -- for him at the TDL and no one wanted him. I assume that means that we will be unable to get any value in a SnT.

But yeah, we traded something (even if it was a small something) for a lottery ticket that wasn't a winner and then we haven't been able to flip that losing lottery ticket into something else so we ended up down assets-- which wouldn't be the worst, but we have a huge history of wasting assets. The real crime isn't Wood-- it's the laundry list of times we have given up talent or assets for nothing.

Drafted Brunson, let him walk (not even SnT)
Traded for Wood, (probably) let him walk (probably not even a SnT)
Traded for KP then traded assets to get rid of KP
Traded assets for Reddick. Let him walk for nothing.
Traded for Richardson. Then traded him for Moses. Then waived Moses. Ended up with nothing.

Trade for Kyrie (and then let him walk?)
Traded for Luka (and then let him walk?)