The New Look Mavericks Are a PROBLEM

[@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.

[@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

[@2ndgenenglish]

Jalen saying "from his point of view" the Mavs never said anything about an offer in the off-season is interesting because they couldn't talk to him directly until free agency opened. The Knicks did talk to him which is why they got tampering penalty. They could talk to his agent. Wonder how much actually got to Jalen about the Mavs desire to negotiate a new deal? 🤔

[@TheRegularNobody]

After what Jokic just casually did to my warriors again it's hard to bet against him for MVP. The guy wasn't even sweating and dropped 30 15 15

[@speakingfacts3931]

Swear if jokic doesn’t win MVP im rioting

[@antifaschi7869]

@@speakingfacts3931 Common. Jokic is great, but you cant deny that Luka is up there and if Dallas ends 4th or 5th f.e., while he keeps performing like this, he should be the MVP this time.

[@Frozztyballz]

@@antifaschi7869nah jokic is better than

[@finical1]

Luka only good in offense but lack in other stats then jokic. Rebounds , passes, steals etc

[@Kushagra.j]

​@@finical1more assists and steals buy go on.

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@ethanespo96]

MORE MAVS RECOGNITION THIS SEASON IS HEAVEN FOR DALLAS FANS

[@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.

[@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

[@miraii_sx]

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

[@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!

[@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.

[@cazyman1017]

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

[@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

[@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?

[@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

[@jujuju948]

They low-key followed the same formula that Denver has. They decided to surround their superstar duo with amazing 3 and D role players. It was how those guys won the ring last year. Idk if they will win the ring this year, but the moves they have made this season from getting Lively to trading for PJ and Gafford will make them one scary team for the next 3 years at least.

[@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.

[@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.

[@osinachiuwaechia2198]

Luka does MVP because of his hardwork

[@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.

[@SebastjanMarcen]

LUKA IS ⭐MVP⭐IsLOVEnia THIS GAME🏀🇸🇮

[@isaacharrison4892]

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

[@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

[@MDS_Basketball]

Honestly Luka is the best player in the nba he has the potential of Lebron or mj he could be in the goat debate soon.

[@tlang3318]

Wtf

[@swish1457]

Win something first🤡

[@3self]

Soon ?

[@cawffee-rh1lf]

🤣🤣

[@MDS_Basketball]

@@tlang3318 he’s already goat status he’s better than anything we’ve ever seen or will ever see

[@Ruggi21]

Max Fucking strus says: Haha random shot goes brrr

[@Laniokea]

You saw it coming a few months ago Casey. Let’s see if they can get it done. The Celtics are very balanced, but Dallas has the best two players in the series. Great analysis.

[@SweetKingTanner]

One more day!

[@fkjk8488]

luka only not kyrie

[@Basketballknower]

Luka has goat potential

[@tlang3318]

Holy fuck

[@tlang3318]

“Basketball knower” lmfao

[@antifaschi7869]

@318 He could end up in the top 5 all-time for sure. He is just about to turn 25 and improved again in many areas this season breaking historical records.

[@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.

[@krystalissoojung5114]

from my pov, the reason why grafford and PJ works well at Dallas aside from they came from Hornets and Wizards to Dallas (that's mean move up the seed), they also need where they are now. Plus let's be honest from playing with Jordan Poole and LaMelo to Luka and Ky that's heaven

[@FrozenzFirez]

Luka + Jokic Combo will destroy the entire league. 1000% If you thought Shaq + Kobe combo was lethal, wait till we see these 2 play together. On top of being among the all times greats, no ego.

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

Luka Doncic FUTURE Nuggets 🤔🤔🤔

[@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.

[@grantsimper5431]

get this man to 500k subs!!

[@moises9090]

Luka Magic.

[@robertbaker3174]

Im not giving up yet,but,dannng they better start getting this new thing together! They certainly didn't get blown out today.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@magedabuldahab7481]

Doncic & jokic are like bird and magic , they love to compete each other not play withh same team

[@bobbosworld6795]

The playoffs this year are going to be wiiiiild!!!

[@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.

[@AxelitoLO]

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

[@S_rxxy]

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

[@David-tr8xq]

Shamasis Antetokoumpgoat

[@MarkDelo]

Respect luka

[@wasspro8125]

Lively poster on holgren 😂😂😂 much love for Dallas

[@SpeedintheHead]

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

[@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.

[@markitzero4777]

cut into THJs minutes and we are COOKING

[@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!

[@JP-Esq]

"when was the last time Luka was this happy" Anyone noticed Dallas were down by 21 PTS in the 2nd QTR at that moment? There's some empty hype surrounding the Mavs at the moment.

[@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!

[@devinhughes2554]

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

[@captincaveman1553]

They lost to a team you disrespected 😂, respect cleveland

[@bigbangbasketball]

Luka will be MVP within the next 3 seasons

[@franzpacis5552]

Luka the new generation talent

[@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

[@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.

[@benmcgill3167]

As an OKC fan, every center dominates OKC.

[@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.

[@kingjasko]

little correction hehe balkan bromance, not euro :P

[@josephimatorbhebhe8363]

Love yout vids keep it up 😁

[@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

[@doumc3584]

Finally some good news for my Mavs! And Cuban being out of the picture... coincidence? I think not!

[@garebaregoof4226]

A Luka and joker team would be unbeatable

[@MuckNoya]

They'd need hella defenders around them lol

[@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

[@idrnabil4364]

what a video letsgooooo mavs fans

[@mr.somaye5253]

Here's the thing with Kyrie, in these past couple seasons he has been devoting himself to fasting for Ramadan from March 10 to April 9, with the playoffs begining just a couple weeks after that. If for some reason Kyrie doesn't approach the fast delicate enough he may keep himself off the court due to health again, or even performance. Dry Fasting and high intensity athletics don't ideally go hand in hand.

[@Heldarion]

The moment people started hyping up Dallas they lost twice xD

[@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.

[@dmitriyobidin6049]

They aren't even near to winning the trophy, why everybody acting like they magically became a contender.

[@nydibs]

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

[@dgen77]

In my opinion they should give gafford more minutes he is straight up BEAST

[@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

[@stophoaxing345]

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

[@GLAM_METAL_MAN]

gourgeous will be the mvp this year

[@1Joseph25]

The Clippers, Celtics, Nuggets, & Mavs answer all 4 imo, but I think a healthy Philly & New York is also up with the contenders as well

[@adimihir]

Idk if they make the finals but they are definitely stacked

[@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 ...

[@nimitvijh9840]

Bro Luka and Jokic always link up in all star break don't make absurd statements😂

[@naelbi8870]

More precisely Doncic + Jokic = a Yougoslavian bromance

[@ethanplaysmc2731]

The Mavs ONLY have the least amount off losses in clutch games but they are also have 10-15 less clutch time games then 25 other teams, Calling them the best clutch team is disingenuous

[@T1Oracle]

All I know, is all the people talking up KD and the Suns are in for some pain.

[@bezllama3325]

I said before the season Mavs over Bucks I am glad I have stuck with it all the way through

[@JaivenBrar]

You’re the goat

[@stevedrag8120]

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

[@nydibs]

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

[@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

[@samd7601]

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

[@Ghost_in_Gray_]

He might not even be in his prime yet. Dude is 24.

[@jaquanbaker6144]

They lost to pacers with a 7 game win streak and dropped from 6th to 8th west is so stacked

[@sergegaash]

The problem is Kidd. Period.

[@serkankaratepe9305]

This didn't aged well. They are still a play in team and the playoff train is gone.

[@nikolatomas5261]

After a few weeks imma say this to you 😂😂😂😂

[@jayherbogaming]

Luka is HIM

[@LuisFlores-se3vu]

Luka is the real MVP!

[@judyseager4450]

Great video 📹 🎉

[@rezsurfer2808]

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