The great arena of sports debates isn’t crafted by the media. It’s born at the lunch table. From calm takes to cafeteria chaos, that’s where our basketball opinions were forged, argued, and defended like life depended on it.
This week we’ve got a battle between two franchise altering talents playing their second years in Dallas, and while building around a generational prospect is a process, patience is far from the most essential part of it.
In 2020 the Mavs built a dangerous playoff team by giving Luka Dončić a supporting cast that fit him well enough to enable his talents, even if the co-star question was still a work in progress. Meanwhile Dallas will try to do the same thing this year with Cooper Flagg, but the equation is flipped. Dusty May’s squad has a co-star, what they need now is cohesion.
It’s two sophomore stars attempting to set the pace and lead their team to victory, and right now, it’s got the lunch room in a frenzy.
So, who you got?