With the #3 pick (!) in the 2018 draft, the Mavs get Luka Doncic

[rimrocker]

Originally Posted by Me.B

They need to do whatever it takes to get him some elite help on this team. Either by FA or by trade, any means necessary. That’s the only way they can expect to keep him.

Agree but they will need to make sure they are the right players. Ball dominate players will most likely not want to come here and if they do that could become an issue as Luka continues to take control of this team.

I'm still scratching my head as to why we couldn't attract star FAs with Dirk because he isn't ball dominate, plays unselfish, is a great locker room guy, and would be the ultimate complement to a ball dominate player as well as centers like Howard. Dirk could have single handedly enhanced several players careers and I just find it mind boggling as to why we could never attract any.

I just hope Luka is as loyal as Dirk and I think he will be.

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by rimrocker

I'm still scratching my head as to why we couldn't attract star FAs with Dirk because he isn't ball dominate, plays unselfish, is a great locker room guy, and would be the ultimate complement to a ball dominate player as well as centers like Howard. Dirk could have single handedly enhanced several players careers and I just find it mind boggling as to why we could never attract any.

Because this team didn't have any cap space to go after FAs until Dirk was 33 years old, which gave pause to young superstars trying to map out the next 4 years of their career (after a lockout, no less). If they had known that Dirk would still be putting up 18.3 PPG at 37 they probably would have chosen differently.

Cuban & Donnie have learned a lot in the last 20 years, so Luka basically gets to be the focal point of the franchise with plenty of cap space to build around him right out of the gate, whereas nobody saw Dirk as a franchise player early in his career... Plus Luka doesn't have to deal with that "soft Euro" stigma playing against him since Dirk murdered that stereotype in 2011.

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Originally Posted by Underdog

Because this team didn't have any cap space to go after FAs until Dirk was 33 years old, which gave pause to young superstars trying to map out the next 4 years of their career (after a lockout, no less). If they had known that Dirk would still be putting up 18.3 PPG at 37 they probably would have chosen differently.

Cuban & Donnie have learned a lot in the last 20 years, so Luka basically gets to be the focal point of the franchise with plenty of cap space to build around him right out of the gate, whereas nobody saw Dirk as a franchise player early in his career... Plus Luka doesn't have to deal with that "soft Euro" stigma playing against him since Dirk murdered that stereotype in 2011.

Contracts are also shorter in the current CBA, so I'm not really worried about locking money up. I just want to actually have some sort of team locked up though so that guys can build chemistry. I don't want the carousel of talent every offseason.