The New Look Mavericks Are a PROBLEM

The Mavericks went all in at the trade deadline and ran off a 7-game win streak. They are still in 8th place which shows how competitive the Western Conference is this year. This is now the best roster Luka has had in Dallas and there’s a chance they make the NBA Finals right away.

[@ZackAttack1295]

The one thing that Dallas lacked was size in the middle that’s why these trades were so important. Daniel Gafford, a very high volume shooter in the restricted area is also a very good offensive rebounder; but the more important player in the trades was PJ Washington; a stretch four who can guard any position on the floor and can also shoot from deep. The key for the Mavericks playoff run is to keep Kyrie Irving healthy. Derek Lively has been a surprise rookie for them as well.

[@ronan82]

PJ has a -5 BPM, and a 4 PER since joining the Mavs. It wouldn't be a stretch to say he is the worst player in the league who's playing considerable minutes.

[@ZackAttack1295]

@@ronan82 there are far worse players like Jordan Poole as an example lol

[@ronan82]

@ZackAttack1295 They are comparable in just about every stat category this year. Poole is certainly not 'much worse' but he is probably a little worse on the year. However, specifically since joining the Mavs, PJ is playing noticeably worse. Check their stats if you don't believe me.

[@ZackAttack1295]

@@ronan82 I believe you I just don’t see how you can compare 5 games for PJ versus Poole playing close to 50. But yes they are both terrible

[@ronan82]

@ZackAttack1295 That's why I stated 'as his time as a Mav'.

[@MichaelKec]

Dallas is a prime example of the modern structure of NBA rosters. Having two elite players who can be their own system, but also having a system for them and centered around them full of key role players who can shoot, defend, and finish around the rim and a third option. The Kicks, Bucks, Nuggets, Celtics, etc etc also prove this. You no longer NEED a big three to succeed

[@spark_city9639]

Honestly none of these are good examples because of a third guy ie OG Annunoby/Bojan for the Knicks, Aaron Gordon/MPJ for the Nuggets, and Celtics for Jrue Holiday and Porzingis...all of whom are worlds better than Dallas's third best player in PJ Washington/Gafford? Bucks are the best to relate to this in Khris Middleton, but they've been on a poor streak too

[@pavelmakarov3565]

You never even needed a big three tho. Heat were a one-off, and Lebron made it look like teaming up is a new way to go. Thinking about it, Lebron's success delusioned the whole league that's only now starting to remember that system would always beat individuals

[@hualchr6697]

@@spark_city9639 Middleton is just leaving his prime, he was the clear second best on the championship team of 2021, so yes, he is still part of a classic Big 3 in Milwaukee

[@MichaelKec]

@@spark_city9639 I see what you're saying, but isn't THJ one of your options too? Regardless the team structures are similar. Some teams have a greater focus on role players and some focus/invest a little more on their third option

[@liekegerritsen1620]

@@MuckNoya With bad luck they draw Denver in the first round. Good luck getting far.

[@jichaeljacksoniv310]

Daniel Gafford's talent would be a really good help for Dallas

[@HelgeStrichen]

They should get him

[@MountMoxie]

Bro could you imagine

[@bigbangbasketball]

Great pick up! Wish OKC couldve grabbed him though

[@benwelch6554]

Size and athleticism unlocked something big for this team. Watching the suns game, the suns went small to start the 3rd and the Mavs went on a huge run and never looked back thanks to their bigs in Maxi and Gafford the suns could not get a rebound or get anything in the paint. Normally you sacrifice speed and spacing with a big lineup vs small ball but that was not an issue with how athletic their bigs are. Then the suns go big again, mavs go small and suns could not keep up. Very dangerous lineups

[@HoopEnthusiasts]

Luka deserves mvp. He is carrying more than anyone else. Jokic isn’t having a better season than Luka🤷‍♂️

[@FederalYuter]

It’s funny, the fact that you had to make the statement that he’s better than Jokic rn is comedy. You KNOW you don’t believe that shit. I’m a Mavs fan and Jokic is definitely the best player in the world, he’s going back to back. Luka’s time will come not this year though.

[@HoopEnthusiasts]

@@FederalYuterur a fake mavs fan

[@christhewizrd]

@@FederalYuterbeing the best doesn’t make you the MVP; when are y’all gonna stop using that argument

[@rumbL24]

​@@FederalYuter But not best in his country is funny

[@Drcoconut4777]

@@HoopEnthusiasts don’t call someone a fake fan because they’re not blindly loyal to any player on their team if I say that Jamal Murray is not as good as Jalen Brunson I’m not a fake fan

[@MasterJ30]

Exum and Derrick Jones jr playing there best and a very good deadline

[@Romanus-]

Exum’s injured and has been for awhile man

[@Kenkoopa44]

Im a Mavs fan and this is all pretty much spot on. PJ Washington been great on defense but STRUGGLING on offense. I think if he and the Mavs can unlock him on offense we really do have a shot at the chip. We needed Gafford so bad and he has been amazing!

[@cameronsaintjohn9460]

All that to lose to your father steph curry

[@itsMiraii]

​@@cameronsaintjohn9460Steph not even making the playoffs Ratio + L take 🤡

[@Joe_Ma99]

One of those was a FR pick swap and on the other deal they got back 2 seconds. I believe 2 of their frp’s become available to them this summer. So they don’t have zero draft picks left like you said.

[@Joefdgtr]

6:59 Haha i love his reaction low key. Though i cant intepret if its like a "FFS i know we lost JB stop telling me" or "FFS how lost JB for nada"

[@shorewall]

Yeah, it's the best reaction he can give. Getting mad would be bad, and not caring would also be bad. It's good to laugh, because otherwise you'd cry. Imagine how many picks they would still have to trade if they had just signed JB?

[@ethanespo96]

MORE MAVS RECOGNITION THIS SEASON IS HEAVEN FOR DALLAS FANS

[@Oyaji.]

8:42 i believe Nico Harrison is the reason, although i heard a lot of players praising Mark as an owner. Personally, as a Mavs fan, i couldn't forgive what he did to the team after 2011 championship

[@chuckhauser6336]

Nico the shoe salesman? Lmao

[@Oyaji.]

@chuckhauser6336 apparently, the job requires relationships and favours, who's better than a shoe salesman in a league of shoes

[@comsci2491]

They have to replace Hardaway for a 3 and D guy and they would be a really good playoff contender.

[@VonAndrade]

They could've gotten shroeder + whatever. Better than THJ chucking bad shot selections in game.

[@MuckNoya]

@@VonAndradethey don't need Dennis, they need a wing who can defend and shoot. Hardaway just too inconsistent and a cone on defense

[@runehero90210]

get Killian Hayes Or Poku

[@Bilbo_361]

For like 90% of playoff runs some random guy goes crazy. Could be THJ for the mavs as he can go off sometimes.

[@user-zb8tq5pr4x]

@@Bilbo_361 you need consistency for playoffs. Every game matters. THJ is just not good enough

[@kaseychappy18]

Great videos as always! Got me pausing and checking live odds for Mavs Western Conf winner/finals odds 😂 also might check that 6 man of the year call. Big fan of the channel and can’t wait to see content come playoff time.

[@klmz3003]

one of my favourite basketball channels!

[@SinaSoh]

That loss/tank job to the Bulls late last year was a franchise changing (for the better) moment. If the Mavs beat the Bulls they probably end up with the 11th pick and that pick goes to NY as a part of the Porzinguz trade. Dallas held on to the number 10 pick and it stayed with them, the bulls ended up with 11. Thiss allowed Dallas to get off Bertans contract and trade down to get Lively. Liveley would have gotten easily swooped up by the Lakers, Heat or Warriors.

[@WikkiGaming]

Thank you for not selling out to gambling websites, it means a lot and goes a long way. Great video.

[@antvovy]

It’s his channel how he selling out it was a sponser ship like the nba how else would he promote it

[@WikkiGaming]

I should add that this isn't meant to be hateful at all, I am just very against promoting gambling. Huge fan of Casey and his content, it is much better than most mainstream media. I hope he can figure out a better way to capitalize on this than with promoting gambling. People like to poke fun, but gambling has very serious societal consequences.

[@donnydogpiss4533]

@@WikkiGaming The over-saturation of it is also just plain obnoxious. I don't judge it or anything like that, but just having it shoved down your throat at Every. Single. Turn. whenever your watching sports content creators or just sports in general has gotten out of hand for me. At a certain point it becomes highly off-putting and irritating. But I know it's only gonna get worse and worse and more oversaturated with every passing year, because of course it will.

[@Chronoic]

3:20 Yea but they also ask Jokic it and guess what Jokic said? Jokic said he likes it in Denver, he likes the Nugget organization, and the only way they would play together is if Luka gets mad and demand a trade from the Mavs.

[@lakerfan2874]

I don't think losing Brunson was a mistake. Brunson needed to go to New York to develop more. Dallas getting Kyrie and tanking also wasn't a mistake. Missing out on Kyrie during the Off-Season would have been a grave mistake. I traded Gafford in 2K24 because the plays that I was getting for him were always a screen and fade with him as the screener. I didn't like that because there should be no reason he should be fading out to the 3 without a shot where he could've been a great lob threat. This was on the Wizards, not Dallas. I hated those plays because it'll come up as an empty possession and a bad shot to anyone else. I wanted to keep him, but those screen and fade plays broke me to trade him.

[@Todd-DaGod-Howard]

So just manually run a pnr? 🤡

[@seppuku-]

I agree he even said it himself. Watching Lukas natural talent casted an entire shadow over Dallas and Brunsons confidence. When he finally got to be a superstar for a different team he was the best player, he saw his full potential with a fresh outlook.

[@cazyman1017]

Love ur videos made my day I was looking for recent videos from you during dinner 😢

[@dariusz.9119]

Luka is #1 Scorer, #1 in Post Defense, #3 in Assists, #5 Spot Up Defense, #7-8 in steals in the whole NBA. He should be in the MVP talks next to Jokic and above SGA

[@MuckNoya]

Those 3 are my top 3. Giannis could be in that top 3-4 also

[@MrE_]

I just realized that Kyrie's injuries probably indirectly/directly impacted his championship numbers. If healthy in 2015, he and lebron win. If healthy with the Celtics...well they weren't beating the warriors anyway, but he could have stayed longer. If healthy with the nets, definitely a championship

[@abtocool6350]

I said this as well, even the amount of times he’s made the all star team is affected. He’s still made it 8x, but 2015-16 he would probably make it if he didn’t start the year injured and have to ramp up, 2019-20 he was averaging 27 but had to get shoulder surgery,2021-22 he was averaging 27 but the vaccine mandate. He would be an 11x all star in my opinion but those 3 circumstances cut it to 8.

[@brandonperez2267]

I think there is a little bit of revisionist history on both sides. It’s really hard to believe that Jalen wasn’t even kicking the tires on New York when his father and uncle both work for the team. That being said, Cuban really screwed the pooch by offering Dodo (Finney-Smith) mid-season contract but not Jalen. Not only was it a slap in the face to Jalen, but his price tag went through the damn roof.

[@shorewall]

I just think Cuban is a terrible owner. Not like some, but he thinks he's so smart, and history has definitely proven him wrong.

[@brandonperez2267]

@@shorewall agree, his days are numbered. The new owners will kick his ass to the curb when Luka walks.

[@coltondodd3086]

Brunson was straight mid until after he didn’t get that money. He knew he was playing for a real contract after that and worked really hard to earn what he got. Remember he was unplayable in those clippers series.

[@brandonperez2267]

@@coltondodd3086 true, but the decision not to play him in those series is largely why Carlisle got the boot though.

[@coltondodd3086]

@@brandonperez2267 Brunson wasn’t being played because he was terrible in those series. I’d argue Carlisle was booted because him and luka weren’t super friendly. The kp thing also didn’t work out between them either. There was definitely other behind the scenes stuff goin on too. Regardless rick seemed like he wanted a fresh start in Indy anyways.

[@grantsimper5431]

get this man to 500k subs!!

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

Luka Doncic FUTURE Nuggets 🤔🤔🤔

[@veepeecee8630]

Brunson made the right decision and not staying with the Dallas Mavericks because look at what he’s doing now he deserves the paycheck he got. And he deserves the shine he’s getting

[@isaacharrison4892]

Cool thing about the trades they made is that both the guys are on long term deals

[@adamprice3466]

PJ Washington was good in Charlotte, they are always so injured he has spent half his career being the #1 or 2 option on the floor on offense. Hes on easy street now with two superstars attracting all the defense.

[@AxelitoLO]

Crazy to think that Derek Lively to the Mavs is what James Wiseman was supposed to be for the warriors!!

[@aymane.bencheikh]

Mavs is must watch after the trade deadline, pj Washington fits like a glove. Ultimate role player with no ego. Gafford was on a bad team that coulbt leverage his abilities.

[@ZL1pegasus]

They don't need to rush. They have a really good young team. They need to play through him more and pop need to lift some of the restraints he has on the other players and just let them ball

[@Metaphorically7]

I know its not happening, but how sick would it be if Luka teamed up with Jokic at some point. Id watch every game. I do also think Luka is due for a MVP soon. Love seeing him, Jokic and SGA leading the MVP race this year. Probably my 3 favorite players right now.

[@S_rxxy]

Every one always forgets the goat in basketball ball Thanasis antentokonpo he is the real mvp

[@David-tr8xq]

Shamasis Antetokoumpgoat

[@texasscifi3431]

Sometimes we'll most times; it's about whose turn it is to win MVP. It's SGA time and well deseved in 2024!

[@fearthemiamiheat]

Man I thought Luka was bouta demand a trade. They looked worse after getting Kyrie now he makes them a contender. Cant believe the tank worked.They MUST stay healthy though if this works

[@antifaschi7869]

These two had no time to get used to each other and if I remember correctly, Luka wasnt perfectly healthy either for the most part towards the end of the last season. Also he had off-court issues.

[@MarkDelo]

Respect luka

[@robertmusil1107]

The problem with Kyrie is his playstyle. It's prone to injuries. He ends up on the floor so often because of all the tricks xD

[@josephimatorbhebhe8363]

Love yout vids keep it up 😁

[@devinhughes2554]

I'm back after that 3 game east coast swing. W 1 L 2 Be back in a couple of days

[@vlucasfs]

No disrespect to Jokic or SGA... But Luka should be the MVP!! Luka's statline is insane: 34 pts/10 ast/9 rbds on great efficiency. Dude is a beast!

[@vermontfandialan22]

What if NYK meets the Mavs in the Finals? That would be crazy.

[@SebastjanMarcen]

LUKA IS ⭐MVP⭐IsLOVEnia THIS GAME🏀🇸🇮

[@coltondodd3086]

Um… the mavs are not all in, they still have picks to work with. If I’m not mistaken they still have two firsts and other potential swaps (think what the suns did). They also have tradable contracts like THj and others. They have a contending window of a few years before Kai gets too old and they have room to change some things up if stuff isn’t working. It’s definitely not a win it all or bust type of year. Nico has done an amazing job the past year building a new team. I’m excited to see what he cooks up next.

[@TwoFansPontificating]

2:36 Zero FRP to trade? If you mean between now and the beginning of next season, that is correct, but nobody can trade in that time period. This offseason, the Mavs tradeable FRPs: 1. their own '26 and '31 outright 2. either '25 (most likely) or '24, depending on whether the pick owed to NYK conveys this summer (top-10 protected) 3. '28, for which OKC has swap rights, and '30, for which SAS has swap rights -- not as attractive, but definitely tradeable I'm not saying they should, but they can send out as many as 3 picks (one of them subject to a 3rd team exercising their swap rights) 2:40 All in? Aside from the pick situation above, they still have Josh Green, Jaden Hardy, OMax, and THJ's expiring contract as far as assets The Mavs will be a problem and they have not yet run out of trade capital they can use to improve during the offseason

[@4ktkaram395]

Let’s all laugh at the Los Angeles flippers in their failed rebrand that might be the ugliest logo I’ve seen in a long time worse than the current one, which is already the worst new league

[@moises9090]

Luka Magic.

[@samd7601]

When guys shoot, I put my hand up to block it

[@farrdawgjoker7087]

The thing about young guys that start out great byt then fall off isn't because their play gets worse its because the rest of the league figures them out and plays them in ways that maximize their weaknesses and keeps them as far away from their strengths as possible so I hope Lively doesn't have super star expectations put on him after this amazing rookie campaign.

[@franzpacis5552]

Luka the new generation talent

[@Ruggi21]

Max Fucking strus says: Haha random shot goes brrr

[@sxz62]

I am a Luka's fan. But the Mavs has not proved anything yet. They need to show they can beat any team. Hope they can soon, not much time left this season.

[@PhoenixAscending]

Dallas screwed up SO BAD not signing Brunson. They could have had him and Luka together for years. He is much younger than Kyrie, and I would rather have him right now tbh

[@DAB1991]

Euro stars dont abandon their drafting team that easily. Jokic was in denver since forever and they just won last year. Luka will stay in dallas I believe.

[@captincaveman1553]

They lost to a team you disrespected 😂, respect cleveland

[@trebledc]

The only time that Luka got move up to the finals is when Jalen Brunson is around. Kyrie didn't do any playoff run in 5 years.

[@GillRauntaShorts]

You’re the goat

[@markitzero4777]

cut into THJs minutes and we are COOKING

[@stophoaxing345]

I hope you’re right. Mark Cuban’s trying to go out with a bang.

[@rezsurfer2808]

Derick Lively will be free agent and media will l talk about him going to LA since everyone wants to play with Lebroom.

[@garebaregoof4226]

A Luka and joker team would be unbeatable

[@MuckNoya]

They'd need hella defenders around them lol

[@naelbi8870]

More precisely Doncic + Jokic = a Yougoslavian bromance

[@justt1984]

Second round exit is gonna be crazy 💯

[@justt1984]

Actually nahh stg I had a dream mavericks win the chip this year. This is def a throwaway comment but it’ll be insane if I come back here and I was right

[@nydibs]

Look at SGA flop right away, absolutely disgusting. If he was playing against anybody but Luka he’d probably get that call too

[@Kosss2001]

#4 defense since trade deadline, which is what, 5 or 6 games? Not saying they haven't improved, just need to see more.

[@benmcgill3167]

As an OKC fan, every center dominates OKC.

[@csuszi11]

that was not messing with luka that is a game called ko - if the first shooter misses and the 2nd shooter (jokic) makes it then the first shooter is out. if he makes it, then rushes back and gives the ball to the next one who tries to eliminate the 2nd one, and so on. if both the 1st and 2nd players misses the first shot, then the 1st shooter needs to make the layup (this is why luka blocked out jokic for the rebound) google basketball knock out game

[@wardumb]

Luka in his prime :D :D he's prime day 1 :O

[@DubboU]

Please, no one talks to Luka about his much improved defense, so he keeps playing defense 😂😂

[@neharikas9500]

this is not ageing well

[@idrnabil4364]

what a video letsgooooo mavs fans

[@siamimam2109]

BRUNSON needs the ball. He played well when LUKA was injured. For mavs to win, BRUNSON had to sacrifice and come off the bench which is highly unlikely

[@MrRapmaster19]

He's most effective with the ball, but other teams with two ball-dominant scorers do make it work. Even then, if they didn't feel Brunson was the right fit, they should have traded him as part of a package for a bigger star that better fit.

[@judyseager4450]

Great video 📹 🎉

[@tristanyoung8487]

Good fucking video dude. 💪

[@H2Splashy]

What are the actually chances of the Mavs winning the title???

[@Dimesprodz]

I say 5%

[@kentstallard6512]

Very slim.

[@MuhammadAnasYasir]

Luka for mvp!!

[@kingjasko]

thj 6th man xdd that dude is unplayable at the moment and the coaching staff does nothing about it

[@Wyatt00106]

Keep up the vids

[@CDodger24]

Would be hell of a playoffs if Mavs or Warriors got out of the west

[@coopercourtney6459]

warriors won’t make it out the play in

[@doystory2154]

Do you believe young okc teama reach into second round or western finals?

[@pg13pacernation30]

Mavs for sure move dangerous 😮 now

[@RS-ol8or]

Dallas is better, but nobody believes they’re better come finals time than OKC or the Wolves. Clips probably too. And I love Luka & would be cool if he won the chip if my Nuggs can’t.

[@LuisFlores-se3vu]

Luka is the real MVP!

[@radhi8063]

Euro bromance kkkkkkkkkk nice!

[@stevedrag8120]

Luka actually said “I don’t know if it could be possible”

[@nydibs]

No, he said “everything/anything is possible”.

[@SpeedintheHead]

No way giannis is 4th in the MVP RACE. SHAI AT 2 IS A CRIMEEE

[@ceesparxxx]

I like how you said Lively obviously isn't as good as Wemby......like we didn't already know that 🤣. Lively is an amazing young talent......Wemby is Alien lol.

[@tranceform9459]

That's precisely what obviously means

[@SteChapo-gn9yh]

What was it that forced brunsen out, man said he really wanted to stay....??

[@lv_lambo3162]

Everyone keeps bringing up the Jalen Brunson thing but fail to mention that he & Luka were drafted in the same year and developed into the player he is now bc of his time in Dallas. It happened big deal, Don Nelson jr. Lost his job bc of it and the Mavs made out with a BETTER player in Kyrie. Since sports media are super glazers and seem to let it go how about we remind them of how the clippers absolutely dropped the ball by TRADING AWAY SGA for Paul George 🤷🏽‍♂️. It’s a perfect example bc just like we only seen glimpses of what Brunson might become in Dallas, Clippers only saw glimpses in SGA. That said… let it tf go smh

[@rockbert6482]

Luka is the clear MVP to me. The only player close is Jokic. You can't show me one person that would pick Shai over Luka if it's just based on the Player. So much for value ...

[@OhYummmmp]

They’re looking better but they’ve only played 5 games since the deadline and 2 of them were against the Spurs and Wizards 😂

[@jayherbogaming]

Luka is HIM

[@ghostlord1st843]

We still have picks?

[@QuacktasticDucks-te5de]

Mavs sacrified future? Well they have 2-3 years under contract Luka, Green, Hardy, Lively, Gafford, PJ, Omax and all they are 25 and youger... imagine this team in 2-3 years when this players at at their prime!

[@mlai2546]

Dallas is currently 8th seed in the West and they may miss the playoff again. You have Phoenix, Golden State, Los Angeles and Dallas all fighting for the last spot.

[@nikolatomas5261]

This sged well 😂😂

[@bigbangbasketball]

Luka will be MVP within the next 3 seasons

[@warlockmagic3416]

Who's crickets was Brunson listening to?? Because I was outside Cubans house that night and they were chirpin up a great contract offer.. Man.. NY 🐀's got to him 1st.. 😂

[@sigismondkamara4081]

They need to get rid of Tim hardaway for anything atp he lost us pacers game down 4 shoots almost half court or clevand just bad shots

[@devinhughes2554]

Let's see how they do on this east coast swing .... I'll be back

[@devinhughes2554]

😅 👋

[@porterwake3898]

The Mavericks will have a problem as long as they have Luke Donut. I don't care about how good he is offensively. He will never be a champion because Donut cannot play hard when it matters. He will not defend when it matters, he will be gassed when it matters, he will not hustle when it matters. Same with Irving. I remember a year ago there was an article praising Donut when he said he was actually going to get in shape.....which never happened.........but when do you praise a guy for doing what they were supposed to do? Since when was strength and conditioning NOT part of the deal?

[@LarryHonaker-v4k]

I enjoyed your analysis until you went on a tangent about Cuban,& JB.First off you called Cuban a liar, because of bs excuse JB uses for leaving.He said he heard crickets which is exactly what he should ve heard.Nobody should be talking up until the F/A period opened.Because him and New York chose to disregard the rules don t make Cuban a liar.If he really wanted to stay he would have at least met with them when the Dallas contingency flew to New York to offer deal ,but he had already signed with NY. He made a freaking choice I hate the finger pointing back at Cuban to somewhat make him the victim of his own choice to go where he really wanted to be in 1st place.heck he s better for his choice,I believe the Mavs are too,by being able to make moves that they wouldn't have been able to had they won the JB sweepstakes.

[@vanessagrayman2194]

I don’t know any team who can get passed Denver on the west.