>Sources said Doncic, who hasn’t shown a desire to be involved in personnel matters in the past, has strongly indicated he wants the Mavs to upgrade before the Feb. 9 trade deadline.
>Of course, that’s easier said than done for a team that still owes the Knicks a pick to complete the Porzingis deal.
>The Mavs are well aware of a modern NBA math problem: Unhappy stars who have only two guaranteed years remaining on their contracts have leverage if they’re looking to leave. For reference, see Anthony Davis and the New Orleans Pelicans or James Harden and the Houston Rockets.
>That doesn’t necessarily mean Doncic will request a trade if the Mavs haven’t put a contender-quality supporting cast in place by the summer of 2024. But the Mavs, like the Hawks with Young, surely don’t want to fiddle around and find out.
[Source](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/35467777/why-luka-doncic-trae-young-linked-more-draft-night-trade)
by urfaselol
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VanVleet just scored 33 and 39 in back to back days. if we extrapolate the data he’ll be putting up Wilt numbers by the time playoffs start.
NOLA and OKC may want to save all those picks in case Cuban continues to fumble the bag.
mark cuban boutta bring in derrick rose and call it a deadline
The issue is that they don’t really have great assets to trade
They kind of have to keep Wood as a second scoring option and Dinwiddie as a secondary ball handler but I don’t think anyone else they have would get them more than a role player
Sounds like a desperate cry for John Wall and Marcus Morris. We could even be persuaded to throw in Reggie Jackson, for the right price. Might need to get a third team involved, but I’m sure we could figure something out. Let’s make a deal, Mavs!
Isn’t the better option for the mavs to hold all their picks and go for a real co-star?
High end role players are nice but they need a real #2 at some point
Luka to the mural guy: Just change it to “Send help OR ELSE”
“fiddle around and find out” they really said the Mavs FO shouldn’t fuck around and find out
REPAINT THE MURAL
Mavs sound desperate. That’s Danny Ainge’s music.
Seriously though, selling high on Lauri would be the most Ainge thing ever. Lauri is almost 26 so he’s not really young enough to sit through the Jazz rebuild, and he’s gonna stop them from being able to tank for top prospects in the near future. If Dallas wants to pull a Minny and mortgage their whole future, they could possibly get him.
And so begins the era of Doncic disgruntlement.
“Take down that mural but let’s act on that request”
“I would like our team to be better”- Luka
Lakers and Heat fans firing up their Photoshop apps
Getting to the fuck about/find out stage for the Mavericks GM and FO.
Luka is not going to take this level of talent for long
There’s no way Luka finishes his career with Mavs. Cuban and co. are too incompetent. He should cut the cord sooner than later. Cannot believe they decided against signing Brunson when they had chance. No excuse for that one
Lmao no wonder that stupid mural caused such an overreaction. It’s a sensitive subject with luka and mark.
The era of LuGM begins
oh but when the mural guy says it..
Mavs org is delusional if they think Doncic will stay like Dirk.
they could package Bertans and Dinwiddie contracts to get Porzingis.. but the Wizards wouldn’t go for that
This is disrespectful – Mark Cuban probably
So why was Cuban all pissed off at that fan who drew a graffiti of Doncic asking for help?
The truth hurts?
Are you pissed off at Doncic now?
Trade him then.
MacMahon has a lot of good reporting (including this article) but he is also prone to dramatise and usually doesn’t give off vibes that he particularly likes the Mavs organisation. That combination should be read into this reporting.
Edit: This article aside,
Mavs have a better shot at helping Luka this summer than now but only if they don’t screw up now. Losing a 2027 1st for a nice player on an expiring contract seem like a recipe for a possibly really bad stomach ache later on.
Mavs have to have one of the worst front offices in the league but they aren’t talked about as much because they drafted two legends back to back (Dirk and Luka)
When will teams learn to get something rather than nothing. The last two years they had every opportunity to trade Brunson yet they just let him walk for nothing.
“fiddle around and find out.”
So that’s how you nicely say, “fuck around and find out.”
He really is the next Lebron.
Luka is gonna hire the “Please Send Help” dude to be his agent.