Well at least we get a Jet and a Howard again for the vibes.

Nah he’s a good shooter who’s getting better every year. He’s only 22

Well, you guys are in the fun part. 82 games of try-outs to see who makes the team next season.

I think Aldama has been good for a few years now, underrated due to the broader Memphis issues.

Masai finally got his 6’9 power wing

But what a sure thing

Kid is a stud

Other than Rez, Flagg, Christie and D Live all of those young guys were acquired from 2 2nds, 31st pick, a fake warriors first and AJ Johnson. If one of these guys become a starter that’s good value if two of you get 2 rotational players that’s stellar value. It’s a masterclass in GMing by the new staff imo.

Yep, polar opposites.

If half of the other guys turn out to be decent-good role players, that’s not half bad

Of the guys listed in this post only 1 was on the team last year…

We fully rebuilt around Scottie

Thats what shipping out and/or letting the vets walk looks like

The Rudy Gay trade and surrounding moves felt like a brand new team overnight

We’re putting all our playmaking eggs in de Larrea’s basket baby

The roster construction is probably not ideal for him but the focus of the whole team seems to be development so there will probably be a bit more patience. The new coach is also someone who was good at getting the most out of college players, so if he ends up being a good NBA coach, it’ll be because he can develop young guys like Risacher. 

I see you have the future glass ball that Kyrie won’t be here long term. Pls share who will win the ship this year and any other future visions you know for sure will happen.

I love Max Christie as a player. I don’t think he’ll ever become good enough to be a 2nd option on a contender. But certainly could be good enough to be a starter on a contender.

I’m thinking “need”, because of the fact that the Mavs don’t control their picks thru 2030. So these three guys, plus whatever may come out of dealing some of the vets, are their only chances for quite some time, to develop a core around Cooper.

But, Cooper is very young. If nothing works, the Mavs can hope to resign him after ²⁸⁄₂₉, and then built around him with their own picks in a couple years, with Cooper still only being 24, when they get their picks back.

Of course, this is all speculation anyways. In reality a ton of things can happen or go completely different.

the core is the guys you’re building the team around, not the whole ass team. If hypothetically all of these guys were good you wouldn’t be able to afford to keep them together.

The core are the players that you’re building around. It’s probably Cooper, Morez, Sergio, and maybe Lively. Most of the others will probably not be around in three or four years. 

A core is typically seen as a handful of players. Maybe 3-4 guys. The players you build around.

Whole family can hoop. His uncle Jeryl is a Dallas high school Legend. His other Uncle Jason was cold too. Had a brief stint with the Mavs back in the day.

Burries

Need Kyrie to play basketball again before anyone trades anything for him. Plus Kyrie is a great fit for cooper and hopefully we can win a few games with him, develop the culture a bit

Don’t control this years pick, so no need to trade Kyrie, rather rebuild his value and make a play-in/playoff run and get cooper and other guys some playoff experience.

Kings have also added some young guys with potential… I think they’re pretty far apart though, Mavs look closer to being a playoff team in a few years whereas the Kings look closer to the “relegation zone”.

Hey, we GOT AJ and Khris Middleton, who we traded for a few of these guys. And most importantly, we don’t have to pay AD…

How many teams have a better U-25 frontcourt than Flagg Morez Aldama Lively Risacher Cisse?

And now he’s a core player!

oh so they declined it last year at the deadline i got it

I think Flagg is legit, and he and Kyrie together could make a huge difference, and they still have the surrounding pieces of a good defence.

They’re closer than I think they’re given credit for. However, if they trade Kyrie then I rescind all my immediate optimism

But we have seen him play basketball lmfao and he was nothing special on Michigan