Anyone wanna chime in on the original Q... CAN the Mavs become good in 2009-2010? J-Ho's contract! Carroll! Stack's contract! 2009 #1 pick! Shawn Williams or Wright as filler? these are assets people! Or are they?!
Worst case scenario is if none of these assets are utilized AND Kidd walks.
Also, are the Mavs gonna be able to resign Bass? It seems like some other team may go out there and overpay for him, and it seems foolish to pay him much since he's a reserve behind our beloved Dirk... but jeee, I really have liked Bass's game this year, despite his defensive deficiencies and being a tweener and all, the scoring punch off the bench is much welcomed, considering 3/5ths of the starting lineup is inconsistent scoring.
Define 'good'? One day you're happy with your team losing, the next you're expecting them to beat a better team... What is good? Good enough to make the playoffs? Good enough to compete with the top 2-3 teams in the west? Good enough to win the WCF, or good enough to win it all?
I know a many of our beloved fanbase was displeased with the lack of action during the trade deadline, although personally I was indifferent since the names being brought up, to me, didn't put us on the level of the Lakers/Celtics/Cavs. If you're gonna take on more contract, it better make you elite rather than get you a few extra regular season wins.
It appears at present this season is lost. best case 1 playoff series win, worst case 1 and done. Nothing much to get thrilled about, and if I was a betting man I'd say we're 1 and done.
And the 09-10 season could be very gloomy, especially if Kidd walks. As much as outsiders say the Kidd trade was dumb, or that Kidd is done, without him our boys in blue be a .500 team this year.
But let's try to be positive.
Stackhouse and J-Ho have heightened trade value this summer, Matt Carroll can be included in deals as well (dubious since he gets like $11M AFTER next year for 3 years)... and you can make a package out of the 2009 #1 draft pick.
If the rumors about recession reducing salary cap are true, and considering the relative inactivity at trade deadline this year, it is possible there could be a firesale in the Summer as well and teams willing to take on contracts can benefit.
So, assuming we could resign our beloved Kidd and Bass, and assuming Stackhouse/Howard have increased trade value due to their contracts, assuming we can create a package with our #1 draft pick, CAN our boys in blue become relevant in 2009-2010, or will we continue our downward path and descendence into irrelevant mediocrity?
I hope the "2010 plan" is exploiting teams that are losing $ this offseason rather than the pipedream of landing a big time free agent in 2010.
Feel free to correct me if I said something d-u-m or incorrect
The Kidd trade was dumb. Devin Harris is an All-Star in NJ.
55-60 regular season wins and atleast 8 playoff wins
Devin Harris actually has got superstar-caliber stats in NJ, and also hit some fluky halfcourt shots that only all-stars can hit. but it's still just kind of side view to evaluate a player only by his stats.
Kidd is doing more to us than all Harris has ever done for our team, only in a lottery team can harris use TOs to pay tuitions for his growth. fortunately the nets' cultivation finally paid off, harris has made his debut in the all-star game with other first-time allstars like mo williams. however, he wouldn't have become an all-star if he remained in dallas without being traded to nets.
Kidd is already out of his prime for a couple of seasons but his experiences have increased as the time elapses. Jet has been a good player since he joined our team, but he had never been as efficient as he is this season. the upgrade of his efficiency is mainly from kidd's efforts I think.
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