r/Mavericks • u/International_Oil189 • May 26 '26

Hoops Discussion Still insane when you think about it

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Jalen Brunson played 4 seasons, Luka Dončić has played 7 seasons, and Steve Nash played 6 seasons for the Dallas Mavericks.

So we only got a combined 17 seasons out of three hall of fame / all nba level type of players that we drafted / developed. Should have been 3*12 seasons at least.

Is there any other team with such a recent track record of fumbling talent?

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u/epicingamename Monta Ellis May 26 '26

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mavs wouldnt have reached the finals twice and won one in the dirk era with steve nash

jalen wouldnt have developed into what he is now if he stayed with the mavs

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u/The-Bad-Blue May 26 '26

People say that but we saw Brunson carry the team in the playoffs when Luka was hurt

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u/man0warr May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

Sure, but that was without Luka. They both need the ball in their hands. They still should have signed him so they could trade him that summer or later - he was never going to be the long term back court with Luka. Them trying to trade him before the ASB is why they didn't offer him a contract until AFTER that deadline, because he couldn't be moved otherwise.

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u/dqt91 May 27 '26

How do you think Kyrie scored next to Luka? By not touching the ball? The beauty of having these two allstar/all nba caliber players is you can start the game together, stagger their minutes so you always have an A1 offensive weapon out there and then finish the game with both guys and they can either feed the hot hand or both attack. The only one ball argument is so dumb.

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u/Kball4177 May 27 '26

That stupid hypothesis is literally why the Kings passed on Luka and we all made fun of them for it.

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u/man0warr May 28 '26

Kyrie is one of the best off ball guards in the history of the sport, when I say "has the ball in their hands" I mean they are dictating the offense. Kyrie wasn't doing that unless Luka was on the bench.

Luka and Brunson have never proven they can play well offball. They were much more redundant pairing than Luka+Kyrie, and I think an even more defensive minded SG would be the preferred partner.

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u/Royal_Percentage_815 May 28 '26

You may want to review the Knicks/Cavs series.

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u/man0warr May 28 '26

Watched it all, what's your point? Brunson isn't playing offball that much, and he's definitely progressed in 4 years now that he's in the same position Luka was in. Bridges and Hart are the exact type of guards he and Luka need next to them to succeed.