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?
This will be like shouting into the void, but there needs to be some Patience with this team.
We have, in essence, a 3 year time frame with the shape of Kyrie’s contract. At least that’s probably the mindset of the front office when they signed him to the contract.
We are WAY ahead of schedule with the fast development of Lively. We have a true center for years.
We’ve gotten a lot more athletic, Luka has taken his conditioning seriously and we’re playing up in pace.
LuKai look amazing on the court together. I’m gonna need my long-timers in this sub to chime in on how we’ve never had two players of this magnitude playing together in a Mavs uniform. There are times where I’m shaking my head thinking that Kyrie “Uncle Drew” Irving is a freakin Dallas Maverick.
However, our Defense is ass. But it’s going to take TIME. This roster is leaps and bounds better than that WCF roster that was a Top-10 defense. But that WCF roster had TIME together.
…also, another wing taller than 6’6” wouldn’t hurt…
But there doesn’t need to be some mad scramble to slam some shit together NOW or at this Trade Deadline. Going to the playoffs and getting bounced out IS NOT the worst thing in the world. Go into the offseason and keep working.