What do you think are the floor and ceiling of this team? How high can we realistically climb and how low can we fall? What grade would you give them at the moment, even if it’s just 14 games in? Are we in dire need to make a trade as soon as possible or should we wait another month and see how things develop with the current squad?
the team will win high 40’s low 50s be about 4-6th seed, tough first round out second round possible. that is as the current roster stands, if lively is able to add 5-10 pounds of muscle by the end of the season(very hardy to do during season) he might be able to hold up against bigger centers a little better. if omax goes from buried on the bench to developed enough to give 10 minutes of solid wing defense and ok offense it could make dallas legit second round team that would be a tough out.
I think dallas needs to consolidate some of the rotation pieces like Seth, Tim, Exum, into 1 player that would be an upgrade over Tim (best out of those) who is about the same offensively and better defensively. part of the issue is the construction is still guard heavy and consisting of playing the guards as wings despite being undersized.