12-31-2025, 12:38 PM
(12-31-2025, 11:52 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: Here's more from Mannix/Nichols (really liking them, lately!).
This is mostly from a Trae Young/ATL angle, but there is some very interesting overlap with the Mavs and AD that starts around 1:20. Honestly, it doesn't seem to me like the Mavs are being tight lipped at all, recently. The Haynes thing from last week seemed very confidently based on Mavs sources, and here, Mannix is presenting things like "the Mavericks have been focused on prying that New Orleans Pelicans pick away from ATL for a while"... He also goes into how little interest they have in Young, and discusses their messaging about Kyrie.
https://youtu.be/I_41bGGxVrw?si=DgsIO7sPd6CUmwJ2
Those assessments sounds about right. I think in an ideal world they find a third team for Trae. It might be that Hawks are ready to move on from Trae but are struggling with the optics of the meager return they get for him. If they make it a three team deal they can effectively say they sent out Trae to get AD. I'm not married to Risacher. I would be fine with adding more assets instead. Newell is an interesting young player with a history with Flagg and much easier contract to stomach.