Gafford is their starting Center. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/43521705/sources-mavs-dereck-lively-ii-months-foot-fracture And Lively is out with an Ankle fracture - this is a play for the future..... DD
Well they just traded Luka for AD so you never know lol I think Kyrie would be a upgrade over FVV, Fox, or probably anyone else I’ve seen mentioned on this board
I think they will if he demands out this summer if this AD trade fails. Mavs didn't want to lock him up long term, so I think he will be available to the highest bidder or if we have a player they want. We thought Dallas would never trade Luka for AD and a pick either, I wouldn't put anything past them at this point.
pretty sure they pulled a Kyle Tucker, he was up for a supermax contract this summer, which would be 5 years 345 mil i believe and they didn't want to go there so they traded him. If AD is healthy, DAL is prob still a playoff team.
everyone also thought Dallas would never trade Luka for AD and change and that includes the Dallas GM and owners
thats the thing though, why didn't have a bidding war for Luka and now you assuming they gonna have a bidding war for Kyrie?
I think the circumstances around the Luka trade were independent from what the team would normally do. I don't think they just call one team and offer Kyrie only to them. There is likely more to this Luka trade and Nico's relationship to Nike and Lebron. You never know, that is why i added in the "or if we have a player they want". I can not imagine when it comes time to rebuild that they just call one team for each player and make a deal.
so he were goin to trade Kyrie, Nico's relationship with Nike and any of his biggest clients will again play a big factor
More than likely Luka wanted to go to the Lakers and made it clear to Mavs he is not resigning. On top of that, his reps told every other team he has zero interest and since he’s been injured this year, they weren’t even getting a rental…my two cents.
Nah if Bron is smart he should hang around Luka. Luka brought the Mavs to the finals give him Lebron instead of Kyrie its prob a chip.
Not really. They have good defenders on the team scoring and playmaking is actually their problem. What I mean is their good defenders cant score so they need to play bad defenders. Luka can turn trash into treasure so guys like Vanderbilt, Gabe Vincent and DFS will be more effective.
100% needs to be a league investigation of the Doncic deal, but it got him to the Lakers so zero chance there's even a cursury look