The best is coming for the Dallas Mavericks soon. With Cooper Flagg, Morez Johnson Jr. and Dusty May leading the squad, fans have tons to look forward to after last week's draft. The Mavericks are looking to make more noise this offseason, but it looks like the Golden State Warriors are trying to beat them to the punch.
Per Shams Charania, Draymond Green is declining his $27.7 million player option to become a free agent. Many believe this is a strategic move for Green to make room for LeBron James and Anthony Davis to join Green and Stephen Curry in Golden State, but if we were ever taught anything, history is bound to repeat itself here.
Do the Warriors remember when Anthony Davis was injury-plagued with the Mavs? The Warriors can go for a "big four" all they want, but it's not going to blow anybody away like it would've back 10 years ago.
Warriors apparently didn't learn from Anthony Davis' injury history
After the worst trade in NBA history went down, Davis was effective for the first three quarters of his Mavericks debut, but that was about it. Lingering injuries made things worse, and he only played in 29 regular-season games with the Mavs. When Davis was traded to the Washington Wizards, he didn't even suit up for a game.
If that's the path the Warriors want to go, let them. If this goes through, James would turn 42 years old in December, and an injury-plagued Davis would be the Warriors' big man. Curry and Green aren't spring chickens either, and it's time to start realizing that. Even those four aren't a threat to the young Mavericks' team.
The 2021-22 Lakers team was one of the most embarrassing so-called superteams put together in recent memory. James and Davis teamed up with Russell Westbrook, Carmelo Anthony and DeAndre Jordan. It turned out to be an awful idea, mixing a bunch of veterans who had no chemistry with one another.
The Warriors have a similar idea, putting a 2016 dream team in 2026. It didn't work with James or Davis before, so for Mavs fans, or any fans in the Western Conference, nobody should be terrified if the Warriors' "big four" is developed.
Historically, the Warriors already have "superteam" DNA. That's when NBA fans were rolling their eyes from 2017-2019 when Durant joined Curry and Thompson to become one of the more talented, but annoying superteams of all time.
The Mavericks are reportedly interested in Kawhi Leonard, but it looks like the Toronto Raptors are catching up to that momentum. It looks like Leonard may reunite somewhere with someone, but the Mavs have every excuse to go for Leonard with the Masai Ujiri connection.
If the Warriors don't learn their lesson, that's on them. But history has shown it's not a good idea to put a bunch of veterans together, especially Davis, who has been constantly injured over the past two seasons. Mavs fans can talk for hours about that.
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