(05-25-2025, 10:59 AM)loki Wrote: Would they really have to bottom out in an AD trade? I wonder if there's a scenario where they pivot at the deadline and deal him for a younger established starter. The Mavs could tank the 2nd half of the year to maximize their 2026 1st while Kyrie continues to rehab. Then try to compete again next year with a Kyrie/(AD trade-maybe a Desmond Bane level player?)/Flagg/PJ/Lively core.

(05-24-2025, 03:14 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Here's a helpful interview with Legler, whose opinions I respect tremendously, about the pros and cons of how most of the world expects Flagg to be integrated. 

https://youtu.be/iYqGY51G6qE?si=YOkZaj18mcVTB7Vk

(05-26-2025, 06:39 AM)F Gump Wrote: For anyone who thinks there are question marks on what Flagg will be, and how long we have to wait to see that, you need to listen to this interview.

Leger has been following and evaluating Flagg for a LONG time, and thinks he will be HUGE right away. He won't be as good on day 1 as he will become, as he learns the NBA and its nuances, but he's going to be REALLY good. In general he thinks Flaggs shot will need to get better, but he sees his defense as ready and potentially great.

(05-26-2025, 08:55 AM)Winter Wrote: The thing that will make most us wince a little, is that I feel certain Nico has met him multiple times and probably has met his parents. I don't knoiw this to be fact and have never read it, but Nico and CF were two planets in the same orbit for a long time.

And frankly, I consider it strange fate that Luka is gone and Cooper will not have to be the number 2 option on this team - a team where all the players were there to support Luka. CF has never been the #2 player on any team, and I just can't see them as compatible teammates. I might have been happy to watch it, but I can't believe that chemistry would be the best thing for Flagg. While players like Kyrie and AD might have a bigger NBA profile, I think Luka is a different animal altogether. Two silverbacks in the same troop just doesn't sound like a good idea to me.

(05-26-2025, 10:49 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: https://x.com/all_things_mavs/status/1927023491364114610?s=46

(05-26-2025, 06:39 AM)F Gump Wrote: For anyone who thinks there are question marks on what Flagg will be, and how long we have to wait to see that, you need to listen to this interview.

Leger has been following and evaluating Flagg for a LONG time, and thinks he will be HUGE right away. He won't be as good on day 1 as he will become, as he learns the NBA and its nuances, but he's going to be REALLY good. In general he thinks Flaggs shot will need to get better, but he sees his defense as ready and potentially great.

(05-26-2025, 02:44 PM)FireNicoHarrison Wrote: If AD is obsessed to play the 4 can we simply trade him? Why do we have to play half the squad out of position to make room for him?

(05-26-2025, 09:16 PM)F Gump Wrote: If the Mavs had a choice between CP and Tyus Jones, not sure which one I'd prefer, but I think landing either (or both) would be great. I wonder if either will be available for what the Mavs have to spend on a FA. Both have things to offer and both are smaller and deficient on defense.

After redoing Kyrie deal, Mavs should have room for minimum salary for one of these guys (while still staying below A2). But not TxpMLE (5.7M) unless they do a deal that reduces payroll somehow.

ABOUT REDOING KYRIE DEAL. As for how much Kyrie will get paid, if we had a better GM I would expect they work various deals and then decide that number for Kyrie at the end. But is he so stupid he messes up the intricacies of what has to be done? If they want to give Kyrie some sort of "whatever we have left to fit the rest of what we do" deal, that number gets figured out LAST -- but then they have to re-sign Kyrie 1st BEFORE they do those other deals except minimum salary FAs. That's because they can't drop his Bird rights (otherwise they have no way to re-sign him), yet retaining those Bird rights will keep them well over A2 (which then impacts trade rules and what they can pay FAs, such as whether they have TxpMLE to offer).

(05-27-2025, 09:02 AM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: Guys, guys, the solution to all of our Nico angst is quite simple. They won't fire him? Get Dennis Lindsay back in as his adviser at whatever price necessary. Nico and Lindsay did a phenomenal job of building around Luka. Since the owners aren't ever going to let Nico trade Flagg for anything, Nico and Lindsay ought to do a bangup job of building around CF.