the problem with trading him though is his contract is so small matching salary would be difficult. I think hardy could be used to get a late first round pick 25-30.

honestly I dont even think Tim is the one stealing his minutes. its Seth and Exum, I expected hardy to get 15-18 minutes a night but when I heard about those signings I knew he would get less minutes I just didnt consider they would be getting more minutes.

yea ive seen a few games where he is in during garbage time and he is forcing his shots.

I think Wilson this year has been great, he doesn’t dominate the game but I think the only drawback would be his contract in comparison to his output. part of it is the way the offensive plays are called but part of it is age catching up to him the other is the weapons he has. I would love to see the broncos trade up to get one of the bears picks to get Marvin Harrison jr. Sutton and Harrison would allow Wilson to air it out lot more.

green averaged 9.1 points last season on great shooting splits. he has the talent I just think he lacks the aggression. grant I fully expect to become a 10ppg player DJJ I knew would eventually revert back to his average and would expect green to be inserted into the starting lineup now that DJJ is regressing.

yea players liking him could explain why they tend to perform well in the beginning. the culture feels good, players give effort but then when you start to actually encounter hurdles thats when coaching really comes in. getting players to perform when they aren’t having fun. this is why I think he gets overrated as a coach, just because of good starts in his tenures. do I think he needs to get fired? not really but I think he def needs another top notch assistant coach that has more juice than a standard assistant. pretty much a co-head coach. hahah. he can keep the locker room spirits up as much as he can while someone else runs the x’s and o’s

I get mad because there are times where he had position but continues to back pedal.

more of the same dallas doesn’t have size outside of lively and Kidd continues to throw out 4 guard lineups. works against teams without imposing wings and centers but when they do its pretty ugly. Kleber is sadly the mavericks best back up big right now which is not saying much. trade guard depth for a back up big.

I bumped into Devin Harris in a Vegas hotel once during summer league. we bumped into each other turning the corner quickly apologized and kept it moving took me a second to realize it was Devin.

unloading young prospects and draft picks for OG would be a bad move. The mavericks adding OG would not be title contender favorites and would lock them into that roster.

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Plus he is a free agent after this season so if he decides to bolt the mavericks end up in a very bad spot. the best time to go for him is when he is a free agent. The mavericks could work out a sign and trade and offer salary cap to match and maybe a second round pick.

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josh green, Omax, and Jaden Hardy will develop and have higher value in a season or 2 so trading them now would be selling low.

or better yet creates a simple post and watches the world burn down while I laugh at it all.

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.

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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.

that was the same situation in 2011. the mavericks were never really talked about despite having a top 2-3 record before dirk and butler got hurt which caused them to slide. I remember they had 3 different win streaks of over 10 games that season, we all know how that year ended.

so far this season dallas has not really had a complete game with great defense from beginning to end. most games have started off bad and then got locked in during the second half or you had blow outs where the third string was playing. our rating is 24th in the league realistically we are probably in the 17-20 range.

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the biggest issue still is rebounding, we have lively but often times players like Powell, Tim, and josh either dont box out or if they do their lack of size and strength compared to centers end up giving up and offensive rebound.

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the biggest improvement from this roster outside of a trade will be Omax development, today in the garbage time minutes even though his numbers weren’t great I did see a few times where he had great box outs. he has the size and length to compete for the boards.

right now I think lively has to rotate to help on defense which too often has him out of position for the rebounds and of course he is not strong enough yet to compete with the bigger centers. that will keep as he gets older and trains more. im hoping that by the end of the season he is 5-10 pounds heavier with clean muscle added. he will fair better against bigger centers come playoffs.

I think a line up Kidd should experiment with against bigger teams who dallas is struggling to get stops against is lively, omax, grant, djj, luka/kyrie. It may slow down dallas defense but luka and kyrie surrounded by a ton of defense may be enough to stop the bleeding.

I get there are simply going to be some bad games in the season but what is infuriating about Kidd is he sees that the mavericks lack of size is being exploited and when he does his substitutions he decides to go even smaller. curry, hardy, green, Exum. take curry out get some development minutes for omax against starters and rotation players instead of waiting for the third string to come in.

but a sideways trade isn’t a bad thing, dallas has abundance of guards who can score but you can get a player who is less offensively capable but plays the 3-4 spot and focuses on defense.

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your essentially trading sideways but for a different skillset, which in the end still improves the team. specially with a player like hardy and Seth sitting behind on the depth chart to replace a majority of the value that the guy you trade away gives.

yea everyone starts looking at the next step but it does take time. wing is either going to come from developing omax, trading for a starting caliber wing, or signing one in free agency.

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I really feel like OG might be possible in a sign in trade next offseason but you have to be able to convince him to want to be in dallas.

maxi is somewhat infuriating because he will have stints of great basketball and could legit be a good role player on a title team. But if he misses even 1-2 games it’s like his rhythm is completely off and needs another month or so to hit his stride.

a bigger wing defender and a legit back up center.