CBSSports: Mavs "red flag" preseason

[Jeff Wade]

Originally Posted by turin

Usually, one has to be looking in order to find something. Rick isn't exactly know for looking at young players, at least not in my eyes, and that's one of my biggest complaints. He was practically forced to play Mejri at the end of last year due to injuries and such, and then the Mavs finally had an interior presence and looked markedly better. Hopefully, he won't be so obtuse this season and play Mejri and other younger guys more.

you're right. He's not looking. I can see that Finny-Smith is a great player but they won't play him. Same with Anderson last season and all the other rookies the Mavs have drafted over the last 10 seasons.

Frankly I think Carlisle is completely satisfied with being about the 8th seed every season and being bounced quickly in the playoffs. Carlisle and Cuban are both very pleased with that each and every season.