NBA Draft Roundtable: Who is the Best Fit for the Mavericks?

The 2017 NBA Draft is this week and the Mavericks are preparing for possibly the most important pick this century. Our staff came together to give their picks on a few different categories.

The Dallas Mavericks are in need of a point guard this summer and it is a secret to no one. Even though that is the biggest need, the Dallas Mavericks should still know that there are other players that can fit into their system. For that reason, our first of a series of roundtables is about the player who best fits with the Mavs system.

There are a lot of options for this topic and many players could fit the system in different ways. Obviously the clear answer would be Markelle Fultz but, because there is no way in the world that Dallas is going to be drafting Fultz, we kept him off the board, as well as Josh Jackson and Lonzo Ball.

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When it comes to fit in a franchise and for a team, a few different things have to come together to really make the fit work well. The first is skill-level. When a player is skilled, it makes it much easier to blend in a system, something really only a handful of players have struggled to do. All of these players fit that requirement without a problem.

The next most important thing is a player that is mature enough to work well with others. Maturity in the locker room can make or break a team and when one player is a pest, it can effect the whole team. No matter what your skill level, you have to have some sense as well.

The last thing is fit with other players. This one takes some time and has to be developed, but if you don’t know how to do it with a team, the process can be too much at the early stages of a career. Often times we see players bust because of their inability to play with others. It is a skill that needs to be learned, but if it is learned, it can push a player to go past his normal abilities.

With all that said, here are the staff picks for the best draft pick fits for the Dallas Mavericks in this draft class.

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