MAVS NEWS:

[Smitty]

With OKC loss last night.  Dallas is only 14 games behind OKC.  Just sayin.

LOL.

In all seriousness. I agree with bits and pieces from everyone about the Mavs present and immediate future.

My overall stance would probably lean more with KL’s line of thinking. This team’s ceiling, with the current core, in ‘25-‘26 and ‘26-‘27 is as high as Flagg can take them. It’s up to just how good he can be and how quickly he gets there. A trio of Davis-Flagg-Kyrie is up there with the best of them… if Flagg can challenge Davis for ‘best on the team’.

I think the Mavs have done the hard part already in assembling a “Big 3”. I also think their role players are very talented and mostly on great deals, making them positive “assets” to make the necessary moves to increase the effectiveness of that “Big 3”. I think it’s pretty obvious this team is missing some playmaking and shooting. Kyrie will help for sure, but I want another guy like that. Maybe the player is Coby White, Mathurin, etc.. OR maybe that guy is the Mavs ‘26 draft pick. Either way, I’m still rooting for the Mavs to win games this year despite it not being the popular thing to do. I really want to see what this team looks like with Kyrie in the mix. I think it’ll give us a better idea of where we stand and what we need moving forward.

As always, health will be a factor. No…. It will be THE factor. Sigh.