Season 62 - Mavs Press conference - Going for Broke

[LazyTitanSmash]

Season 62 - Mavs Press conference - Going for Broke

We had a pretty good run last season, but halfway through the season, we needed to decide whether to tie ourselves to He Hor and the massive contract that was coming to an older player or look for a younger point guard. We chose to tank, and the deal with the Pacers was born. Shout out to the Pacers. The deal went well for both teams, and now the Pacers are making a run at the Lakers, Celtic, Bulls, Grizzlies, and possibly the Nets for the Title. (Before we leave this, Grizzlies, are you ever coming out of the tax and/or giving up those expensive contracts?)

The draft went pretty well. Tanking worked GREAT. With the 9th pick we got top 5 talent with the Giant 7-4, 294lb blue potential Jonathan Kuminga. Buying late picks was a mistake I had to learn the hard way. The talent wasn't there, it didn't improve, and eventually, I had to ship them out for nothing to get under the 15-man roaster. See you later, 11 points! Other rookie GMs don't buy late-round picks—they're useless.

We are going for broke this season with nothing to lose. The Mavs are going to the playoffs. Mavs don't own our pick this season, so we are fully committed to going deep into the tax and buying up expiring or 2 year bloated contracts. Speaking of which, if anyone sees the Rockets, tell them we are looking for them, and give them the Mavs team's number, its 555-pbsl-private messages.

The worst mistake was made last season when the last day to cut scrub players passed us by without us knowing. (Speaking of which, maybe I can get points for making a calendar with a week-by-week breakdown of everything you need to remember for an entire sim season?) Last season we knew we were going deep into the tax for 62 season, but now it's not just going to cost us the 19 points for the 61 season, but probably an extra 20 points because not cutting scrub players at the end of last year put us in year two of the tax this season. Damn. Bad mistake.

Other than that huge tax blunder, things have been looking up. We added a little talent to the center and power forward spot (i.e. Raiquan Gray and Damien Bailey) very exciting, and we got a backup point guard in Jeffery Holt. Terrance Lewis-Weeks was on the block for a second, but after an excellent training camp and with room to grow, he will find valuable minutes on this team. Richie Cuevas is still our star with star talent, but sadly this will probably be his last season in a MAVS uniform. Let's send him off a winner with a playoff birth. Scoot Henderson is the real talent on he team and will never be moved.

Clarence Martin and Terrance Lewis-Weeks will be swapping positions because Martin proved himself in practice. Weeks may even be leading the bench unit. We are still a three-ball team, but we have some inside scoring now. We've got bench talent and if the Rockets come calling we may see some spark fly.

Sadly we lost our assistant GM, but seeing him move on and get building blocks for the Hawks has made us proud.

[MexicanMamba]

You did a good job here going over things you've learned through your short time here in the league so far and listing your mistakes. Can you name the one, most important, aspect about this GM job that you feel you still have to get a full handle on to be successful for the future of the Mavs?

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[greepleairport]

Richie Cuevas has played better in Dallas than anywhere else. What’s the secret in your Dallas sauce for Richie? If this is his last year in Dallas, does he know this yet, and will this effect his play? Is he unhappy about it? If he is out the door, what vet lessons do you hope to have him impart onto your future star Scoot Henderson?

[garbageman]

Sham Smith, Bulls.com: In preseason, the Mavs allowed a league worst 127.2 points per game scored against them. While part of that can be attributed to the Mavs also playing at the fastest pace in the league, it's no doubt a problem. How do you plan on remedying that in the regular season?

[LazyTitanSmash]

You did a good job here going over things you've learned through your short time here in the league so far and listing your mistakes. Can you name the one, most important, aspect about this GM job that you feel you still have to get a full handle on to be successful for the future of the Mavs?

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The things I'm going to need to learn: I'm going to disrespect the tax this year and I will than learn to regret doing so.

Most importantly. I need to learn how to train my players, this is going to take time. Hopefully I figure it out before Scoot gets old. I should have time he's 20.

[LazyTitanSmash]

Sham Smith, Bulls.com: In preseason, the Mavs allowed a league worst 127.2 points per game scored against them. While part of that can be attributed to the Mavs also playing at the fastest pace in the league, it's no doubt a problem. How do you plan on remedying that in the regular season?

Score more points! If you score more points than the other team you can't lose. We shoot the 3 ball well and we have some inside scoring. We have have been trained, subscribe to, and follow the philosophical teaching of Mike D'antoni. Scoring all that matters. Defense is the just the time you wait to get the ball back. Run, run, run and shoot the 3 ball, we can't lose. LOL

[LazyTitanSmash]

Richie Cuevas has played better in Dallas than anywhere else. What’s the secret in your Dallas sauce for Richie? If this is his last year in Dallas, does he know this yet, and will this effect his play? Is he unhappy about it? If he is out the door, what vet lessons do you hope to have him impart onto your future star Scoot Henderson?

He doesn't know and don't tell him. We are moving a franchise piece under the cover of darkness as soon as the season ends. If you want him let us know. The secret is let him play his game, don't tell him what to do!

He taught Scoot how to go balls to the wall! Scoot learned a lot and next season hes coming online. Scoot can be the star while Cuevas is still here.

[AngryBanana]

Chet Youbetcha, Dimmadome News: You have mentioned on several occasions about the learning curve you have gone through since coming to PBSL. Do you feel that you are starting to turn a corner with your Going ability and the team will benefit as a result?

[K-100]

Season 62 - Mavs Press conference - Going for Broke

...Grizzlies, and possibly the Nets for the Title. (Before we leave this, Grizzlies, are you ever coming out of the tax and/or giving up those expensive contracts?)

haha, next season! But not by choice, I get to reset my tax because I cannot keep my players

You mention looking to train Scoot Henderson (maybe Kuminga too?). Did you plan to try and make Scoot into an offensive machine by improving his jumpshot or more of a 2-way player with better defensive attributes?

[LazyTitanSmash]

Probably Defense... but I need points to do that. Points that I gave away for a pick that no one wanted. :c

[LazyTitanSmash]

Chet Youbetcha, Dimmadome News: You have mentioned on several occasions about the learning curve you have gone through since coming to PBSL. Do you feel that you are starting to turn a corner with your Going ability and the team will benefit as a result?

I think I'm on my way. Just need trading partners that are will blow up their teams when they are losing.