NBA player development is frustrating. It’s a somewhat inexact science as players sometimes don’t hit their groove until their third, fourth or even fifth season. This is especially true when you get out of the lottery.
The Mavs aren’t going anywhere right now for a lot of reasons — lack of talent from failed off-season pursuits, lack of young talent, bad luck and rotten injuries. The bright spot, supposedly, was going to be seeing growth from second-year forward Justin Anderson and fourth-year big Dwight Powell.
It was exciting to know the Mavs not only had two young guys with promise, but two young guys with promise who figured to be prominent parts of the rotation.