MAVS NEWS:

[Chicagojk]

"Within his latest NBA rumor round-up for The Stein Line (Substack link), Marc Stein reiterates a report he published on Twitter earlier this week, writing that the Mavericks are “increasingly regarded as the favorites” to sign point guard D’Angelo Russell.

Dallas will likely be limited to offering free agents the $5.7MM taxpayer mid-level exception, and Stein suggests Chris Paul will be another Mavs target using that MLE. However, there’s a growing belief that Paul would want to play somewhere closer to his home in Los Angeles if he continues his career, Stein explains."


From what I've heard from Kidd in press conferences is that they aren't necessarily committed to PG with scoring skills. They believe they can operate with the opposite - a scoring guard with some PG skills (D'Angelo). That may be true with Flagg. We'll see.

But it appears more and more likely that D'Angelo gets signed by the Mavs.

If he is signed, I have to hope his decision-making is more disciplined than what I've seen in the past.

Russell is better than a TPMLE Player but I am just not a huge fan.  I am glad we are not relying on minimums though.  He wasn’t good last year and not the connector I think we need with limited ball handlers.  If old man paul is not an option then he could be one of the better talent adds.