In retrospect, the most disappointing part of Plan Powder is that it hardly seems like it would have mattered if it had ever worked, back when the Dallas Mavericks tried it year after year. In all likelihood, Deron Williams, DeAndre Jordan, Hassan Whiteside, Nicolas Batum, and so on, were not much of an answer to the Mavs’ post-2011 problems. Then again, maybe the Mavericks just got unlucky.
Dirk Nowitzki was only 32 years old when he won the title, he played another eight years, and he was never again on a particularly good team.