The Dallas Mavericks have fallen far in fast order due to one of many largest unforced errors within the historical past of the NBA. It additionally appears unlikely that the staff have realized from their errors. There’s an actual probability that they’ll commerce their younger famous person, Cooper Flagg, making their issues even worse.
Former Mavericks’ proprietor Mark Cuban regrets promoting his NBA franchise to the Adelson and Dumont households. Contemplating how issues have gone, it is simple to grasp why. All it’s important to do is have a look at the fallout from their disastrous Luka Doncic commerce to see precisely how far they’ve fallen.
Since sending Doncic to the Lakers, the Mavericks have gone from the NBA Finals to utterly lacking the NBA Playoffs in properly beneath two years. On prime of that, they’ve already traded away their foremost compensation for Doncic, the perpetually injured All-Star heart, Anthony Davis.
It additionally hasn’t helped that Dallas misplaced a good portion of their staff to long-term accidents all through 2025 and 2026. That features Kyrie Irving, who sustained a critical damage late within the 2024-2025 season after which missed everything of this season due to it.
This Flagg will not fly in Dallas for lengthy
At this level, the Mavs’ foremost supply of just about every thing is Flagg. Dallas was extremely fortunate within the 2025 NBA Draft and received to decide on first, deciding on the primary participant that 12 months. Whereas he has performed virtually unbelievably properly, it is protected to say that the remainder of the staff round him has not.
If Dallas manages to pick properly once more in 2026, they may have the ability to get one thing going round Flagg. The fact is that they should make a lot of trades and strikes round him to even discover a path to being contenders. The present possession is lower than that job.
Truthfully, there is a very actual probability that they’ll commerce Flagg for picks, gamers, or each earlier than constructing round him. At the moment, he is ending up the primary 12 months of a four-year contract that has two staff choices. The Mavs would possibly resolve to commerce him quickly whereas he is nonetheless robust commerce capital.
Dallas’s present possession has already confirmed that they do not have the top for basketball and are prepared to make some very unhealthy selections. The Mavs want Flagg, however nobody could be shocked to see them commerce him for one thing or somebody who merely will not match up. Perhaps they will get Davis again.
