It's no secret that the Dallas Mavericks will be willing to make a splash when July 1 rolls around.
But before they can even think about what kind of superstars or big-time players they can get from free agency, the Dallas front office needs to do something that they haven't had a good track record of doing for the majority of the team's existence:
Get some contributors via the NBA Draft.
The Mavericks have had some success at times in getting the players they felt could contribute right away—names like Mark Aguirre, Rolando Blackman, Jamal Mashburn, Jason Kidd and of course Dirk Nowitzki (via draft-day trade) come to mind.
But they have also come across fool's gold in their draft history, where they've had lottery picks that haven't become what would be hoped of them—remember Samaki Walker, Tony Dumas, Kelvin Cato, Cherokee Parks and Maurice Ager?
Yeah, not too promising. However, this year's draft is deep at every position, especially if a team is looking for guys who can play valuable minutes at the power forward and center positions.
With many of the older veterans moving on and m ...
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